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Mississippi Department of Archives and History - Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi

Free historic maps of Mississippi web site is now available to researchers. The site references over 1,000 maps, 75% of which contain a high resolution image. Each map reference contains up to fourteen categories of information. They are: title, author, scale, situation date, publication date, type of map, features, comments, geographic coverage, repository, language, publisher, size, links to scanned images and color status. The data set is unique in that all natural and cultural features on a map are listed, along with the geographic area covered by the map. These and other data categories can be searched in combination with each other.

MyTopo: Historical Topographic Maps

A collection of historic USGS topographic maps. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia.

National Imagery and Mapping Agency - Geonames Query Home Page

United States NIMA GNPS Query Form for searching a database of foreign geographic feature names.

New Jersey Local Names Search

New Jersey local place names with municipality and county.

New Orleans Historical Maps and Panoramas

New Orleans Ward Boundaries, 1805-1880

Louisiana.

New York State Historical Maps

Newton County, Missouri Historical Maps

A free collection of maps of Newton County, Missouri dating from 1861 to 1904. These maps are helpful in locating numerous small, early settlements that have long ago disappeared. Larger locations include Neosho, Granby, Seneca, Newtonia, Diamond, and Stella.

North Carolina Maps

A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps from the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center.

North Carolina Maps

A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel State. Featuring maps from three of the state's largest map collections -- the State Archives of North Carolina, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center -- North Carolina Maps provides an unprecedented level of access to these materials. North Carolina Maps contains more than 3,000 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to 2000, and including detailed maps for each of North Carolina's one hundred counties.

NYPL Map Warper

The New York Public Library Map Warper is a tool for digitally aligning ("rectifying") historical maps from the NYPL's collections to match today's precise maps. Visitors can browse already rectified maps or assist the NYPL by aligning a map.

Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities)

Online searchable database for 56 of the top population areas in the U.S. which provides Enumeration District numbers based on street locations.

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.

Ohio Historical and Changed Name Locations

Includes historical and changed names, townships in each county, 1851 listing of post offices and more.
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Old Kansas Area Maps

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 of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Scotland, Wales, England

Old Maps of Scotland 1859. Handsome reproductions. Also, Ireland, England, Wales.

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.

OSSHE Historical & Cultural Atlas Resource

People and Places: Gazetteer of Hamilton County, TX