Wake Racially Restrictive Covenants
Polygons of Wake County restrictive covenants updated March 2026. Using Optical Character Recognition, volunteers were able to scan and search approximately 600,000 pages of documents from the Register of Deeds database, covering the period from 1900 to around 1950. From this, 15,000+ deeds were identified as containing racially restrictive covenants. This method represents a significant step in historical documentation, and the process is being documented so that it is accessible for other jurisdictions interested in similar projects.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "WakeCountyGovernment", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:gisapps@wake.gov" } |
| description | <p><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(20,20,20); font-family:"Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>Polygons of Wake County restrictive covenants updated March 2026. </span></span><span style='color:rgb(64,64,64); font-family:"Red Hat Text", sans-serif; font-size:18px;'><span style='display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>Using Optical Character Recognition, volunteers were able to scan and search approximately 600,000 pages of documents from the Register of Deeds database, covering the period from 1900 to around 1950. From this, 15,000+ deeds were identified as containing racially restrictive covenants. This method represents a significant step in historical documentation, and the process is being documented so that it is accessible for other jurisdictions interested in similar projects.</span></span></p> |
| distribution |
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| identifier | https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=edf8323cf26f42c182b875966af07947&sublayer=0 |
| issued | 2026-03-23T15:00:07.000Z |
| keyword |
[ "ROD", "Racially Restrictive Convenants" ] |
| landingPage | https://data-wake.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Wake::wake-racially-restrictive-covenants- |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| modified | 2026-05-13T19:06:00.101Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Wake County" } |
| spatial | -78.9633,35.5772,-78.3073,35.9921 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Wake Racially Restrictive Covenants |
