Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

Nina B. Dwyer farm (part a), Tract 114a, Rappahannock County

Did you know?3,087 tracts surveyed for the park

The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 16 by 24 feet, with a shingle roof; 4 acres of orchard (apple). 40 acres, valued at $208. The state paid $395.

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).

County court land file

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

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.