AN AUCTION SALE OF FIFTY CHOICE BUILDING LOTS AND A FEW SMALL FARMS RIGHT IN KNIGHTDALE, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1919....

[Raleigh, NC: Fort Realty Company, 1919]. Single sheet, 38 x 37 cm., printed on both sides. Auction sale and promotional information for the town of Knightdale, NC on one side, plat map for the town on verso. The map shows the Knightdale-Southside property of Jas. H. Pou, for sale by the Fort Realty Company of Raleigh. Surveyed and platted by C.L. Mann in Sept. 1919, it shows the Norfolk-Southern Railroad and railroad right-of-way along the northern border, the Poplar Branch [creek] at the eastern border, Jones Land at the southern edge, and the town lots laid out along Hester and Salinger Streets across from the railroad depot on the western side. A printed "chain of title" appears in the upper right corner of the plat map. Old fold lines, tape repairs along folds, shallow chipping along edges, encapsulated. A tender copy. Item #65327

The arrival of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad in 1904 helped stimulate development in the town of Knightdale, a small rural crossroad in Wake County, North Carolina. According to the town's website, many of the homes and businesses in the town were constructed to serve the railroad and families of its employees. The town also grew to accommodate the needs of the farming community. The town was incorporated in 1927. A major fire in the downtown area in 1940 destroyed many of the original structures there.

Price: $275.00