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The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway

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Title Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-J
Description Series of undated maps and drawings shows parcels of land acquired through eminent domain for Section 2J of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. These acquisition maps, carefully drawn to scale (1” to 100’), contain detailed information about land ownership along the Blue Ridge Parkway corridor in Ashe and Burkes Counties and depict some landscape features such as roads and streams. This series also contains a valuable “summary land schedule” indicating names of all landowners from whom land was taken, along with acreages, assessed values, and prices paid.
Location Location Name: Section 2J
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.017117
Longitude: -81.880519
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Maps
North Carolina
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives