Subdivision tract, unnumbered tract, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

The survey recorded only the owner's name.

Today

Landmarks on this map (2)

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Landmarks in this tract: Beahm, Virginia · Wikidata, Thornton Gap · Wikidata

Thornton Gap: wind gap in Virginia, United States
Named after landowner Francis Thornton, this mountain pass served as a vital route for early settlers and later for Confederate troops during the Civil War. Before the construction of Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive in the 1930s, the town of Beahm stood at this location.
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Beahm, Virginia: former unincorporated community in Virginia, US
Beahm was an unincorporated community in Page County named for the Beahm family, prominent local farmers and landowners. It had homesteads, farms, cemeteries, a mill and an outpost, and was served by the Washington, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis Railroad. It became part of Shenandoah National Park during the Great Depression, and part of the area is now known as Beahm's Gap Overlook.
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The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.