I don't find historical reference to any community named Tanner's Creek
either. But Tanner's Creek itself was apparently renamed Lafayette River
sometime during the very early 1900's. Its origin is in the vicinity of
present Calvary Cemetery and Ballentine School in Norfolk and runs to the
northwest where it adjoins Wayne Creek near the community of Riverview to
form the primary river.
A map:
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=482&Y=5103&W=3&qs=%7cNorfolk%7cVA%7c
(Click on largest size map and next to highest 'zoom.')
A little history:
http://www.cprv.org/hcpr.htm
http://www.norfolk.gov/Planning/comehome/PDFs/riverview_pif.pdf
http://www.norfolk.gov/Planning/ComeHome/PDFs/colonial_place_pif.pdf
And a map of how things looked in 1921:
http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=NewportNews21ne.jpg&state=VA
(Click the map to magnify.)
Check here if you wish to find the 'South Norfolk' area:
http://historical.mytopo.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Newport%20News&state=VA&series=15
These earliest USGS maps are interesting to those like me, especially for
rural areas where locations of original roads, houses, names of one-room
schools, etc. are included. A few maps date to late-1800's for some areas.
Hope this helps a little, good luck.
Neil McDonald
----- Original Message -----
From: "jvford5" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] South Norfolk, Chesapeake Group Site
I don't know of a neighborhood called
Tanners Creek but there is a small
bridge in the Lafayette/Winona area of
Norfolk on Tidewater Drive called the
Tanners Creek Bridge. Using Google
Maps you can go to where Norview Avenue
and Tidewater Drive come together like a
'T', Click on the street view, then click the
SW arrow for Tidewater Drive. You can
then travel over the bridge in increments.
You also have the option to grab and pull
the picture to give yourself a look at the
creek itself at anytime during the crossing.
There is also an East and West Tanners
Creek Drive that loops around between
64 and North Military Highway. Hope
this helps.
Vicki Ford
Chesapeake, VA (South Norfolk)
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Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] South Norfolk, Chesapeake Group Site
website: Http://HistoricSouthNorfolk.com
Vicki, do you know if the Tanner's Creek of original Norfolk can be found
anywhere today, or a sign indicating the location?
Thanks.
Janice
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