Ask the Historical Society: Elkton roads

Do you know when the state highways in Elkton were first paved?

The State Roads Commission started laying a 20-foot wide concrete surface on West Main Street and North Street in 1919. The work was mostly done by convict labor and they were permitted to earn a little cash in the evening by doing odd jobs in the community, as F. Rodney Frazer noted in his book “Parts of Elkton As I Remember it in 1918.”

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