Browse Resources (9 total)
Map: Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington
Published in 1878-1879 by G. M. Hopkins, this atlas mapped communities within a 15-mile radius of Washington, D.C. Separate editions were issued for Northern Virginia and for Prince Georges and Montgomery counties in Maryland. Each edition contained…
Map: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Road
This 1939 map shows the location of the road built by the CCC in the 1930s to provide access to what was then an extensive forest, likely for fire control. Marked by a triangular symbol enclosing the letter "C", the road connected Old Keene Mill Road…
Map: Braddock District Area
The historical material in this website refers to events and places located in or near the geographic area now or previously included in the Braddock District. Created in 1968 as Annandale District and renamed in 1991, Braddock District has seen its…
Braddock District in the Civil War
During the Civil War, the area now considered the Braddock District lay between northern and southern strongholds intersected by critical railroad lines. This map shows points of conflict between the Washington, DC, and Alexandria area, extending…
Map: Braddock's Historic Sites
This map locates historic sites in the Braddock area from the eighteenth century to the present time.
Not all locations are geographically exact. Some, like the 1941 forest fire, are based on the best information available from oral interviews and…
Not all locations are geographically exact. Some, like the 1941 forest fire, are based on the best information available from oral interviews and…
Map: Area Transportation Networks--Roads and Railroads
Braddock District is served by a mixture of modern and original transportation networks that date back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The document provides a brief history of the railroad and significant roads and highways.
Map: Eighteenth Century Land Ownership
This map of local land ownership in the eighteenth century in the Braddock District area shows the original buyer's name for each land patent or grant. Ravensworth was the single largest land grant in Northern Virginia. William Fitzhugh, son of an…
Map: Proposed Burke International Airport
The map shows the proposed location of the Burke International Airport, on a 4,500-acre tract near Burke. According to The Evening Star, June 14, 1951, the airport would be completed by 1955 and would "dwarf both Washington National and Baltimore's…
Map: Fairfax County Tornado, 1973
A newspaper clipping shows the path of the tornado that occurred in Fairfax County on April 1, 1973, April Fools Day.