Halifax County Road Orders 1752-1767

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The road history projects undertaken by the Virginia Transportation Research Council establish the feasibility of studies of early road networks and their use in the environmental review process. These projects, by gathering and publishing the early road orders of the vast parent counties and other significant areas, also lay the foundation for additional research by local groups over a broad area of Virginia.

This volume marks the 32nd entry in the Historic Roads of Virginia series, initiated in 1973 by the Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council (subsequently the Virginia Transportation Research Council). Halifax County Road Orders 1752-1767 furthers the coverage of the early southern Virginia transportation records begun in the previously published Brunswick County Road Orders 1732-1749, Lunenburg County Road Orders 1746-1764, and Amelia County Road Orders 1735-1753.

This volume covers the period of Halifax County’s greatest extent, from its creation from Lunenburg County in 1752 until its division to create Pittsylvania County in 1767. By the mid-18th century, Halifax County contained important east-west and north-south transportation routes. The county’s early transportation records provide important information relating to transportation connections with not only neighboring counties and other counties farther to the north, east, and west in Virginia, but also with North Carolina (which is located immediately to the south of Halifax County). This publication will have particular application to the cultural resource research relating to transportation projects in this area of southern Virginia. This information will eliminate the need for further research into the early Halifax County road order records of 1752-1767. If questions arise about early roads once a Virginia Department of Transportation road improvement project is already underway, or nearly underway, primary historical research of this nature can take 6 to 12 months to complete. Therefore, this volume can be a source of potentially significant cost savings for the Virginia Department of Transportation, including the avoided costs of project delays and avoided consultant costs for cultural resource studies should questions arise.

 

_{Disclaimer Statement:The contents of this report reflect the views of the author(s), who is responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board, or the Federal Highway Administration. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Any inclusion of manufacturer names, trade names, or trademarks is for identification purposes only and is not to be considered an endorsement.}

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