check out 1940 census maps

Ed in colo. · Jun 17, 2016

Google 1940 census and follow their instructions to the maps of the areas you want to hunt.
Every house country school house ccc camp etc is drawn in on the maps.
Compare to what is there now and you find lots of potential sites that show no evidence of anything now.
After consolidation of schools a lot of country school houses were moved or tore down.
depression era ccc camps are now overgrown fields/woodlots or maybe county parks etc.

BufordCityDawg · Jun 17, 2016

Need more info. "1940 census" search returns dozens of pages.

BCD

Hdnsouth · Jun 18, 2016

The site looks like it'll be helpful in some of the outlying counties I've been looking for information on. Thanks for the information.

robby4570 · Jun 18, 2016

Thanks for the info, unfortunately as with most maps of this area that I find, these SUCK. They look like a 6 year old drew them... But thanks anyway.

Ed in colo. · Jun 19, 2016

The full url is:1940censusarchivesgov/
These are not detail to exact scale rand macnally style maps but hand drawn by the census takers as they went door to door.
If for instance if you see on the map that there was a school on the southeast corner of 110th st and county road 9 south and you drive there and there is nothing but some trees and bushes in the corner of a corn field, thats where the school was and a potential virgin site!

Gonebeeping · Jun 19, 2016

http://1940census.archives.gov/

NC_Digger · Jun 19, 2016

FWIW:

The maps you see referenced on the National Archives site are the maps that the people in charge of the census used to determine the enumeration districts. They varied from location to location. They used existing maps from a variety of sources like county road maps and Sanborn Insurance maps. The enumeration districts were drawn on them.

They weren't created or edited by the actual census takers. The accuracy varies depending on the original reason for the particular map being drawn.

rreahard · Jun 20, 2016

Some interesting maps for sure! Thanks for the link!

40acre1870 · Jun 20, 2016

The oldest plat map that I have found for my township is 1818, and nobody owned any property at the time (minus US govt.)

check out 1940 census maps

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