Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
L.F. Blankenbaker farm, Tract 256, Madison County
Did you know?A poor log house with no windows
The 1920s survey
A 3-room weatherboard house, 18 by 23 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; a barn, 22 by 23 feet; an orchard (fruit trees); timber (saw timber). 38 acres, valued at $345.
Map of the tract
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Case files
The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.
County court land file
Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Blankenbaker, LF estate
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, Owner Claim
Courtesy of the Madison County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, opens in a new tab.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.