Staring at an old map of the #cville area I noticed a new name "HORS DE VILLE", French for "OUT OF TOWN". A quick search gave me this blog post I missed from my researcher and writer friend Jordy Yager about this place and its history https://mappingcville.com/2020/08/28/4-belmont-graves-addition/ #Belmont #MappingCville #segregation
4. Belmont: Graves Addition

By Phil Varner  The Belmont neighborhood derives its name from the Belle Mont Estate, a 500+ acre plantation on which much of the neighborhood was built.  The Belmont Mansion plantation h…

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