Community in Orange County
McDade
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In the chronology
Dated events connected with this place, in date order. See these 3 dated events in the chronology →
- The first McDade Store goes up at McDade crossroads The first McDade Store, a two-story frame building, was put up in the 1880s at the McDade crossroads just north of Cedar Grove, where it would have stood over the small community. A second McDade store with a canopy for motorists buying gas was built across the road in the early 1920s.NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 81
- McDade Store No. 2 opens as a filling station at Cedar Grove McDade Store No. 2, a small frame store with a gable-front canopy over its gas pumps, was a typical 1920s country filling station at Cedar Grove.NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 63
- McDade and Laws stop functioning as crossroads communities In the 1940s the crossroads of McDade and Laws in northern Orange ceased to hold together as communities and their stores closed, while Cedar Grove, where the Pender Store stayed open, kept its identity.NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 45
Maps of McDade
Dated maps that show this place, oldest first: town plans, county, road and soil maps, fire insurance sheets and the U.S. Geological Survey’s topographic maps, each linked to the library or archive that holds it. The USGS maps are free to download.
- Map of Orange County UNC · a county map
- Map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
- A map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
- Soil map, North Carolina, Orange County sheet Duke · a county map
- School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a county map
- Map of Orange County, N.C. : 1939 UNC · a county map
- An atlas for Orange County, North Carolina UNC · a county map
- USGS topographic map, Cedar Grove quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
Research sources
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Historic sites, markers, and maps
- Geographic Names Information System: McDadeUSGS Geographic Names Information System The federal gazetteer’s record: official name, location, the map it was taken from, and any other names it has gone by
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for McDade Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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