However, homes and farmsteads older than 200 years still dot the rolling countryside, and much is being done to protect them.

Nearby, along the ocean, ravaged antebellum homes and churches dotted the waterfront.

Their homes dotted the hills, hung on the banks of creeks, and nestled between the farms.

Nowadays, a few homes dot the shoreline.

Since about 2004, however, residential growth has begun to expand rather quickly and lakefront homes and communities now dot the shoreline.

A few pleasure craft skated slowly across the azure water, and homes dotted the lake's far side.

A few homes dotted the lower slopes, and there were a couple of orchards.

New single-family and duplex homes now dot the area.

Wooden and stone homes dot the narrow and shaded street that borders the cape.

Neglected homes dotted the island, and lot prices fell to as little as $325.