In working on a rather massive project in Pittsylvania County I now need  
to spread beyond even its gargantuan limits to enclose the entire  
county. I'm attempting to find the schools that existed in the county in  
the late 19th and first half of the 20th century and where they were  
located. We're hoping to do some catchment area analysis for schools,  
stores and mills based upon the little dots on the map if we can ascend  
the GIS learning curve in short order. In turn that will be related back to our area.

To that end, I'm looking at the 15' USGS Quad sheets. In using these in  
other counties, the schools seem to be nearly all named and have either  
"colored" or "Negro" annotated beside them. Neither the Draper where the  
project is located, nor the adjacent Danville quads have these helpful  
annotations. But, some schools are named and others are represented by  
the same incredibly difficult to spot symbols for schools with absolutely  
no label whatever.

If anyone has experience in ferreting out these issues, I'd love to hear  
whether the un-labeled schools are the non-white schools, whether the  
cartographers simply didn't know the name and left it off or if there's  
some method to the labeling system.

Also, does anyone know of a list of schools in the county over the  
years, short of delving into the original records?

Thanks for the help on a very hot 3rd of July.


Lyle Browning
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