Shenandoah National ParkPage County
Barney K. Shenk farm, Tract 139, Page County
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The 1920s survey
A 7-room house, 18 by 30 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 26 by 32 feet; an orchard (25 fruit trees); timber (white oak, white pine). 63 acres, valued at $3,189.
Map of the tract
Today
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- ShenkBarneyK._Page139.pdf (3.2 MB, PDF, 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.
- Annie E. Shenk farm, Tract 172, Page County
- B.F. Shenk farm (part a), Tract 88, Page County
- B.F. Shenk farm, Tract 258, Page County
- Barney K. Shenk farm (part a), Tract 139a, Page County
- Byron B. Shenk farm, Tract 90, Page County
- Cary T. Shenk farm, Tract 134, Page County
- Gabriella V. Shenk farm, Tract 180, Page County
- George H. Shenk farm, Tract 203, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.