Newton County Historical Society Winter Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday Mar 3, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST
March 3, 2016 7 pm social time, 7:30 meeting
Location
Church of Good Shepherd, 4140 Clark Street, Community Room, Covington,
Fees/Admission
Free - All are welcomed
Contact Information
Betsy Moorehouse, President
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Description
Please join us for the winter meeting of the
Newton County Historical Society!
Thursday March 3
Community Room, Church of Good Shepherd -4140 Clark Street
7:00 social time, 7:30 meeting
Program
MAPS!
We will display 24 Sanborn Fire Maps* of Covington, some including Oxford College and Porterdale, from 1884-1901
Plus other historic Newton County maps including a 1901 soil map of Newton showing roads and location of structures
Please bring your own maps of interest to share!
We will also have updates on Historic Jail, Archives, Brick Store, other - We hope to see you there! Email reminder will be sent.
*What are Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps?
The Sanborn® maps are large-scale maps of U.S. cities and towns. Originally designed for purposes of fire insurance assessment, the maps are highly detailed, showing not only the location and size of buildings and streets, but also the placement of water mains, fire walls, and other urban features.
Each city or town is mapped on one or more sheet that includes the downtown region, some housing areas, and local mills. Outlying mill sites and small populated centers in the country near a town are sometimes included as insets.
