About Mapping Arlington

The Arlington County portion of this regional map is a work in progress. Deeds of dedications for a new subdivision typically applied racially restrictive covenants to all lots being platted –this expedited our research for many parts of Arlington. To begin the research process for Arlington County, we identified and geolocated racial covenants contained in subdivision deeds of dedication and comparable subdivision-level land records. 

• Using a list of Arlington County subdivisions from 1900 – 1968, we conducted searches of the digitized land records in Arlington County’s ROAM database.  
• We recorded the land records that contained racially restrictive covenants including: the deed book and page, covenant language, date of recording, and legal description for the property (parcel, block, lot).  
• Legal descriptions on the deeds were matched with the legal descriptions appearing for each Arlington land parcel, as it appears in the Arlington County Address Point data. This enabled us to geolocate racial covenants at the parcel level. 
• The regional map uses current public polygon and address data from the following Arlington County Open Data sources: Address Points & REA Property Polygons.
  

To date, we reviewed deeds of dedication for known subdivisions. Our research suggests that in addition to racial restrictions covering lots at the subdivision-level, other individual Arlington lots were restricted by racial covenants. We are currently working through the subdivisions for which bargain & sale deeds included racial covenants; some of these subdivisions appear below.  In addition, portions of residential developments were re-subdivided, with covenants placed on individual lots at the time of the re-subdivision.

The regional map will be updated periodically to reflect covenant data collected for additional areas of Arlington County. Until the research is complete, no accurate assumptions can be made about the relative proportion of racial covenants mapped to the County’s total number of land parcels.

Abingdon* 
Columbus Alexander Estate
Allencrest
Arlington 
Arlington Forest
Ashton Heights
Aurora Hills
Edwin Ball Estate 
Ballston
Barcroft Forest
Bellevue Forest
Berkshire
Beverley Hills*
Braddock Heights*
Brandon Village
Brenton*
Brockwood
Carlin Springs
Cherrydale
Church Courts
City View
Claremont
Clarendon
Club Manor Estates 
College Heights
Colonial Heights
Columbia Forest
Country Acres
Country Club Heights
Country Club Manors
Country Club View
Country Club Woods
Ella Coward 
Crystal Spring Knolls
Dominion Hills
Douglass Park
East Larchmont

First Church of the Nazarene
Flower Gardens
Fort Craig
Garden City
Gearing Tract
George Mason Terrace
Glebe Highlands 
Glebewood Village
Green Valley (Heiner’s)
Highland Park Terrace
Highland Park Village
Highlands
Highlawn
Alice Indermauer
Jackson Terrace
Jefferson Park*
Kirkwood Terrace
George Klein Estate
John L. Klein Estate
Lacey Forest
Larchmont
Lee Ridge
Leeland
Leeway Heights
Lexington Heights
Livingstone Heights
Long Branch Park
Lyon Park 
Madison Manor
Maple View Park
McMullen
Milburn Terrace
Monroe Courts
Morsell Estate
New Arlington
North Barcroft
North Hills
Norwood
Oakwood
Over Lee Ridge
Overlee Knolls

North Barcroft
North Hills
Norwood
Oakwood
Over Lee Ridge
Overlee Knolls
Parkhurst
Parkway
Parmelee
Pinehurst
Riverwood
Rock Spring Park
Rollins
Rosecrest* 
Shirley Woods
Joseph G. Smith
Tara
Ella Truett 
Tuckahoe Village
G.W. Veitch
Morgan E. Veitch
Virginia Heights
Virginia Park
Washington Terrace
Waverly Hills
Waycroft
Westmont
Westover
Westover Hills
Westover Park
Whitehaven
Florence M. Whitehead
Talmage Wilcher
E. D. Williams
Williamsburg Village
Woodland Acres
Woodlawn Village
Woodmont Forest
Wynnewood

* Estate or subdivision annexed by the City of Alexandria.