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Roads, Rail & Transportation

Railroads, depots, roads, and how the county moved, documented across the collections of twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina.

422 works · grouped from 414 catalog subject headings

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Places represented Chapel Hill · Orange County · North Carolina · Carrboro

Related subjects Growth, Land & Planning Eno & Environment UNC & Campus Life Business, Shops & Commerce

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Every result links to the institution that describes, holds, or provides the item. Some materials can be viewed online; others may be available from a library, through interlibrary loan, or by contacting the holding archive.

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Looking for the original language used in library catalogs? The Complete Subject Index contains all 26,205 subject headings connected to these records. Related headings, such as spelling variants of a person’s name or headings that share a common beginning, are grouped into 13,544 browse terms.

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J. Hyatt Hammond Associates (1)

J. N. Pease Associates (1)

J. R. Gunter (1)

J. W. Farish (1)

J.N. Pease Associates (1)

Jabbour, Alan (2)

Jack's Shop (Va.) (1)

Jackson County (N.C.) (6)

Jackson, Andrew (1)

Jackson, Blyden (2)

Jackson, Gene (1)

Jackson, Joyce Marie (1)

Jackson, Walter (Walter Allen) -- Interviews (2)

Jacksonville (N.C.) (23 works · 2 headings)

All 23 works under “Jacksonville (N.C.)” →

Jacksonville (N.C.) (22)

Jacksonville (N.C.) -- Biography (1)

Jails (19)

Jamaica (5)

James C. Winston (1)

James Graham Kenan, 1839-1912 (1)

James H. Colton (1)

James Lee Love House (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (1)

James River (1)

James Thomas Madison Barton (1)

James Vernon Graham (1)

James, Martha A. (1)

Jamestown (1)

Jamestown (N.C.) (1)

Jamestown (Va.) (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Jamestown (Va.)” →

Jamestown (Va.) (1)

Jamestown (Va.) -- Photographs (1)

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION EDITION (1)

Jane Emmaline Winston (1)

Janie Shaw (1)

Janie Shaw Winston (1)

Janitors (5 works · 2 headings)

All 5 works under “Janitors” →

Janitors (4)

Janitors -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (5)

Japan (4 works · 5 headings)

All 4 works under “Japan” →

Japan (3)

Japan -- Description and travel (1)

Japan -- Hiroshima-shi (1)

Japan -- Okinawa Island (1)

Japan -- Photographs (1)

Japanese (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Japanese” →

Japanese (2)

Japanese -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- History -- 20th century (1)

Japanese language (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Japanese language” →

Japanese language (1)

Japanese language -- Study and teaching (1)

Japanese periodicals (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Japanese periodicals” →

Japanese periodicals (1)

Japanese periodicals -- Bibliography -- Catalogs (1)

Jasper (N.C.) (1)

Jasper, James (1)

Jay Freeland (1)

Jazz (5 works · 5 headings)

All 5 works under “Jazz” →

Jazz (3)

Jazz -- History and criticism (1)

Jazz -- North Carolina (1)

Jazz -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Jazz -- North Carolina -- Performances (1)

Jazz Musicians (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Jazz Musicians” →

Jazz Musicians -- Biography (1)

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography (1)

Jefferson (N.C.) (1)

Jeffreys, Robert N. (1)

Jeffreys, William Andrew (1)

Jeffries, John H. (Blackfeather) (1)

Jeffries, Raymond Lewis (1)

Jehovah's Witnesses (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Jehovah's Witnesses” →

Jehovah's Witnesses (1)

Jehovah's Witnesses -- North Carolina -- Carrboro (1)

Jenkins, Sally (1)

Jennie M. Jones (1)

Jennyanykind (Musical group) (1)

Jenrette, Richard H (1)

Jenyns, Soame (13)

Jesus Christ (1)

Jett Rink (Musical group) (1)

Jewelers (4 works · 2 headings)

All 4 works under “Jewelers” →

Jewelers (3)

Jewelers -- North Carolina (1)

Jewelry stores (4)

Jewish cooking (1)

Jewish learning and scholarship (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Jewish learning and scholarship” →

Jewish learning and scholarship (1)

Jewish learning and scholarship -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Jewish Media Fund (1)

Jewish physicians -- Germany -- History -- 20th century (1)

Jewish refugees (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Jewish refugees” →

Jewish refugees (1)

Jewish refugees -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (1)

Jewish women (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Jewish women” →

Jewish women -- North Carolina -- Interviews (1)

Jewish women -- United States (1)

Jews (8 works · 14 headings)

All 8 works under “Jews” →

Jews (6)

Jews -- Identity (1)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- History (2)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Identity (1)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Periodicals (2)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Durham -- History (1)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Identity (1)

Jews -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Periodicals (1)

Jews -- Southern States (2)

Jews -- Study and teaching (2)

Jews -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Periodicals (2)

Jews -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Periodicals (1)

Jews -- Study and teaching (Higher) (1)

Jews -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Jews, German (1 works · 3 headings)

All 1 works under “Jews, German” →

Jews, German (1)

Jews, German -- North Carolina -- Biography (1)

Jews, German -- United States -- Biography (1)

Jinkins, Lewis (1)

Jiu-jitsu (1)

Joan Baez (1)

Job analysis (1)

Job satisfaction (3 works · 4 headings)

All 3 works under “Job satisfaction” →

Job satisfaction (2)

Job satisfaction -- Case studies (1)

Job satisfaction -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Job satisfaction -- United States -- Case studies (1)

Job vacancies -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

Jockey's Ridge State Park (N.C.) (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Jockey's Ridge State Park (N.C.)” →

Jockey's Ridge State Park (N.C.) (1)

Jockey's Ridge State Park (N.C.) -- Pictorial works (1)

John Buxton Williams, 1844-1887 (1)

John C. (John Caldwell) Calhoun, 1782-1850 (1)

John C. Graham (1)

John Calvin McNair lectures (1)

JOHN COONAH CELEBRATION (1)

John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen (1)

John H. Kerr Reservoir (Va. and N.C.) (1)

John Henry Holliday, 1851-1887 (1)

John Heritage Bryan, 1798-1870 (1)

John Jay Freeland (1)

John Laurence Haughton, 1841-1862 (1)

John Lewis Freeland (1)

John Monroe Johnson, 1840-1906 (1)

John Morrow's Sons (Firm) (1)

John Motley Morehead, 1870-1965 (1)

John P. Lockhart (1)

John Paul Jones Motor Court. (1)

John R. Gove (1)

John Thaddeus Gunter (1)

John Wilbur Snipes (1)

John Williams Harris, 1840-1861 (1)

John Willis Ellis, 1820-1861 (1)

John, President (1)

John, The Baptist, Saint (1)

Johnny Gary Louris (1)

Johnny Irion (1)

Johnny Irion & Sara Lee Guthrie (Musical group) (1)

Johnsie Amanda Graham (1)

Johnson County (1)

Johnson Island Prison (2)

Johnson, Daniel C (1)

Johnson, Elizabeth Pike (1)

Johnson, Elmer D (1)

Johnson, Israel (1)

Johnson, John T. Postmaster certificate (1)

Johnson, Lewis (1)

Johnson, Michelle (Michelle Cassandra) -- Interviews (1)

Johnson, Michelle -- Interviews (2)

Johnson, Mildred (1)

Johnson, O.P. (1)

Johnson, Polly (1)

Johnson, William (8)

Johnston County (3)

Johnston County (N.C.) (37 works · 5 headings)

All 37 works under “Johnston County (N.C.)” →

Johnston County (N.C.) (33)

Johnston County (N.C.) -- Biography (1)

Johnston County (N.C.) -- History (1)

Johnston County (N.C.) -- Maps (2)

Johnston County (N.C.) -- Telephone directories (1)

Johnston County (N.C.) authors (1)

Johnston, Joseph A. (1)

Johnston, Margaret (1)

Johnston, Roxana Irene (Johnston) (1)

Johnston, Samuel (3)

Jon Shain (1)

Jones County (2)

Jones County (N.C.) (17 works · 2 headings)

All 17 works under “Jones County (N.C.)” →

Jones County (N.C.) (16)

Jones County (N.C.) -- History (1)

Jones Lake State Park (N.C.) -- Pictorial works (1)

Jones Spring (Va.) -- Description and travel (1)

Jones, Cadwallader (1)

Jones, Calvin (1)

Jones, Casey) -- Fiction (1)

Jones, Charles C., -- Jr. -- 1831-1893 (1)

Jones, Claiborne S. (Claiborne Stribling) (1)

Jones, Clarence Dupree (1)

Jones, Edward P (1)

Jones, Frank (1)

Jones, Harding (1)

Jones, Isaac (1)

Jones, James (1)

Jones, Joseph Seawell (1)

Jones, Kimbrough (1)

Jones, Kimbrough, Jr. (1)

Jones, Lyle V (1)

Jones, Mary A. (1)

Jones, Mary C. (of Rowan County, N.C.) -- Correspondence (1)

Jones, Mary Ellen Webb -- Fiction (1)

Jones, Mary Rebecca (1)

Jones, Morris (1)

Jones, Nathaniel (1)

Jones, Noble (1)

Jones, Richard M. (1)

Jones, Robert Jr (1)

Jones, Thomas F. (1)

Jordan, A. C. (1)

Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett) (1)

Jordan, Josiah M. (1)

Jordan, Sarah Rebecca (1)

Jordan, Willie Gregory (1)

Jorma Kaukonen (1)

Joseph Palmer Knapp Building (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (2)

Joshua Grainger Wright, 1840-1894 (1)

Journalism (30 works · 12 headings)

All 30 works under “Journalism” →

Journalism (17)

Journalism -- Authorship (4)

Journalism -- Periodicals (11)

Journalism -- Political aspects (1)

Journalism -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- North Carolina (1)

Journalism -- Social aspects (2)

Journalism -- Study and teaching (2)

Journalism -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (2)

Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) (9)

Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (3)

Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- History (2)

Journalism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (2)

Journalism & Mass Communication (1)

Journalism, Agricultural (1)

Journalistic photography (1)

Journalists (15 works · 10 headings)

All 15 works under “Journalists” →

Journalists (10)

Journalists -- Biography (1)

Journalists -- Correspondence (1)

Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century -- Biography (1)

Journalists -- North Carolina (1)

Journalists -- North Carolina -- Correspondence (1)

Journalists -- North Carolina -- Fiction (1)

Journalists -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (5)

Journalists -- Southern States -- History (1)

Journalists -- United States -- Biography (1)

journey, assembly, prorogation, boundary, finance, order, appointment, oath, town, construction, trade, law and order, death (1)

journey, health and medicine, government, administration, finance, warrant, treasury, counterfeiting, currency, militia, council, oath, manufacturing (1)

Joyce Kilmers Memorial Forest (1)

Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1894 (2)

Jubilee (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (3 works · 2 headings)

All 3 works under “Jubilee (Chapel Hill, N.C.)” →

Jubilee (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (2)

Jubilee (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Photographs (1)

Judaism (3 works · 5 headings)

All 3 works under “Judaism” →

Judaism (3)

Judaism -- Study and teaching (1)

Judaism -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals (1)

Judaism -- Study and teaching (Higher) (2)

Judaism -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (2)

Judea Reform Congregation (Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C.) (1)

judge, council, appointment, resignation, merchant (1)

judge, petition, law and order, tax, labour, appeal, sheriff, crime, warrant, voting, jury, trial (1)

Judges (30 works · 8 headings)

All 30 works under “Judges” →

Judges (28)

Judges -- Correspondence (1)

Judges -- North Carolina -- Hillsborough -- Biography (1)

Judges -- North Carolina -- History (2)

Judges -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century (1)

Judges -- United States -- Biography (1)

Judges -- United States -- Correspondence (1)

Judges -- United States -- Elections -- History (1)

Judges' spouses (1)

Judgments (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Judgments” →

Judgments (1)

Judgments -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

Judicial districts (2)

Judicial Error -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th Century (1)

Judo (1)

Jugtown (1)

Julius Rosenwald Fund (12 works · 2 headings)

All 12 works under “Julius Rosenwald Fund” →

Julius Rosenwald Fund (12)

Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings (8)

Juncos (1 works · 3 headings)

All 1 works under “Juncos” →

Juncos (1)

Juncos -- Behavior -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Juncos -- Wintering -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

Junior high school students (1)

Junior Order United American Mechanics (1)

Junior Reserves (1)

Junior Service League (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Periodicals (2)

Jurisdiction (1)

Jury (5)

Justices of the peace (31 works · 2 headings)

All 31 works under “Justices of the peace” →

Justices of the peace (31)

Justices of the peace -- North Carolina (1)

Juvenile courts (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Juvenile courts” →

Juvenile courts (1)

Juvenile courts -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

Juvenile delinquents (1 works · 2 headings)

All 1 works under “Juvenile delinquents” →

Juvenile delinquents (1)

Juvenile delinquents -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United States (1)

JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century (1)

JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music (1)

Juvenile justice, Administration of (2 works · 2 headings)

All 2 works under “Juvenile justice, Administration of” →

Juvenile justice, Administration of (2)

Juvenile justice, Administration of -- North Carolina -- History (1)

JUVENILE NONFICTION (1)

Juvenile works (1)

These headings come from Library of Congress and local vocabularies used by the participating libraries. Counts show linked works in Orange County Indexed. Related headings are grouped automatically, and the People section combines common name variants. Report corrections through the contact form.

About Orange County Indexed

Orange County Indexed brings together records about Orange County from twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina, the Digital Public Library of America, DataCite, and Crossref. This page searches the full index, including books, maps, archival collections, government documents, campus materials, digitized primary sources, and published research about the county.

Filters and browse terms are derived from source catalog headings, which remain available in the Complete Subject Index. Every result links to its source record. Use Advanced options to narrow the results, browse books held by OCPL, or download the index as a spreadsheet.

Automated grouping makes broad discovery possible but may not resolve every ambiguity. Corrections and additions are welcome through the contact form.

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