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1805 Orleans Territory Map

1895 U.S. Atlas - Louisiana

Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.

American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Louisiana

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Louisiana

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

From the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Includes for each state: Interactive Map; Index of County and Equivalents; Consolidated Chronology; Individual County Chronologies; Bibliography and Sources; Historical Commentary; Metadata - Summary Form; Metadata - Full FGDC Form; Download GIS Files; Download KMZ Files; Download PDF Files.

Color Landform Atlas: Louisiana

Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.

Louisiana City to Parish Index

An index of Louisiana cities or towns and the parish in which each is found.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Louisiana Parish Census Maps

Shows county boundaries in effect at the time of each decennial census.

Louisiana Parish Facts & Information

Includes information on discontinued Louisiana parishes.

Louisiana Parish Formation Maps

Animated map of county boundries which change over time from original county formations to the present. Also shows static maps for each year a county boundary was changed.

Louisiana Parishes

MapQuest: World Atlas: Louisiana

New Orleans Historical Maps and Panoramas

RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo

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

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Louisiana Maps

From The University of Texas at Austin.

U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Louisiana Parish Selection Map

USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library

Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Louisiana

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.