North Carolina Boundary Lines Drawn on an Oak Desk

room. “The missing census tract ledger from 2010.”

“Where was it?” I asked, setting my bag on the table.

“Mislabeled in the state library archives,” Elaine said. “Ralph’s team filed it under agricultural records so nobody would look for it.”

“Does it match our scans?” Don asked, joining us near the front of the room.

“Perfectly,” Elaine said, opening the continue reading …