Lyle,

The Library of Virginia has the annual registers listing teachers 
employed in the state; I believe they are listed by county and the 
schools in which they taught are noted, but it has been years since I 
looked at these and cannot say for sure. This would, hopefully, at least 
give you the names of the schools.

Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS

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On 7/3/2011 3:14 PM, Lyle E. Browning wrote:
> 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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