Shenandoah National ParkPage County
Benjamin Housden farm, Tract 494, Page County
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The 1920s survey
An orchard (12 fruit trees); timber (mixed oaks, yellow pine, black-jack oak). 130 acres, valued at $353.
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).
- HousdenBenjaminF.Estate_Page494.pdf (2.8 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.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.