-ad 189-

Cool! Rural Mail Delivery Routes for Fairfax County

  • Published July 5, 2013
Fairfax
1912 map of rural mail delivery routes in Fairfax County, Virginia.
-ad 188-
-ad 615-

This is totally fascinating. It’s a map from 1912, published by the U.S. Post Office, showing the rural delivery routes for Fairfax County, back when things were really different and there were plenty of farms there.

Rural Delivery Routes; Fairfax County, Va
Rural Delivery Routes; Fairfax County, Va

Source: Library of Congress

Today's Recommendation

-ad 617-

Suggested Reading

Street railways of the District of Columbia with proposed extensions : to accompany communication of March 20, 1912.
Explore the Washington Streetcar System from 1912
mass-ave-heights-1922
A Historical Look at the Early 20th Century Developments of Mass Ave. Heights and Mass Ave. Park
Saving Daylight! postcard (1918)
The History and Politics of Daylight Savings in the United States
map of Georgetown in 1915 (Baist real estate atlas)
Explore Georgetown in 1915 with this Baist Real Estate Atlas Map

Can You Support Us?

If you enjoyed this post and can help support our blog, please consider subscribing. Thank you.

-ad 616-

Thanks for reading a few Ghosts of DC posts today.

Support Us

We rely on donations and a small amount of ad dollars to support our efforts. Are you able to chip in a few dollars today to help our site?

YES, I CAN
Sorry, not today.

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

Enjoy daily

Ghosts of DC stories

No thanks.