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National Atlas of the United States of America

From the U.S. Geological Survey.

Office of Coast Survey - Historical Maps and Charts

The Project is managed by the Cartographic & Geospatial Technology Program of the Coast Survey Development Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Old Maps | Historical Maps | Antique Maps | Historic Maps | Wall Maps

Archival reproductions of historical maps. Specialize in a growing list of land ownership maps, of many rare and unique counties throughout the United States of America. From Maps of the Past, Inc.

Old Maps: Purveyors of Reproduction, Antique and Historic Maps, Antique Paintings and Prints

Reproductions of 17th Century maps of English counties, the provinces of Ireland and Wales, and of the rest of world including the East Coast of USA. This site also has interesting info on British and Irish Stately Homes, if your ancestor was well-to-do.

randymajors.com's Historical County Boundary Maps

An online tool that uses Google Maps to display counties boundaries from ANY HISTORICAL YEAR. Type in ANY PRESENT-DAY PLACE in the U.S. and ANY HISTORICAL YEAR to see the map of county boundaries then in effect, along with all of the current Google Maps places, roads, etc to put the historical map in a current and familiar context! You can then click any county on the map to see the specific history of the boundary changes, and type in different years to see the boundary changes over time. Based on the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, a project of The Newberry Library.

Rockford Map Publishers, Inc.

Land ownership information from 1945 to present for over 600 counties in 17 states, mainly the midwest United States.

RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo

Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.

Surname Origins

Surname origins maps historic surname distributions for England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and The United States. Unlike most surname mapping sites it uses sub county/state units to create highly detailed distributions. Users submit their surname data which are then mapped for a modest fee.

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Maps of the United States

From the University of Texas at Austin.

The United States (with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska), 1909

Handbook for Travelers by Karl Baedeker. With 33 maps and 48 plans. Fourth Revised Edition. Published 1909. From Baedeker's Old Guide Books.

Tiger Mapping Service Home Page

U.S. Gazetteer - From the U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Surname Distribution Maps

U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920

United States Office of Coast Survey - Historical Map & Charts

The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection is a rich archive of high-resolution images capturing a vast wealth of the U.S. government's historical surveying and mapping. The collection of over 35,000 scanned images - covering offshore and onshore sites - includes some of the Nation's earliest nautical charts, bathymetric maps, city plans, and Civil War battlefield maps.

USGS Mapping Information: GNIS Data Base Query Form

WorldVitalRecords.com - Search All Historical Maps And Gazetteers Databases $

Dozens of databases including the US Property Owners Index and Maps with more than 9,000,000 names.

Yahoo! Maps

Enter a street address for a U.S. city or state and the map is displayed for you.

Yale Peabody Museum: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.