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1895 U.S. Atlas - Idaho (Wayback Machine)

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

Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

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

Ancestry.com - U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 $

Original source: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Arphax Publishing Co. - Home of the Family Maps Land Patent Books

The Family Maps Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state. Data for each county is compiled from the Federal Land Patents database and displayed in these customized books. All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. All books contain a separate Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the county to find the location of your ancestor's federal land purchase. Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that makes your federal lands research easier than ever.

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: Idaho

Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - Idaho ^FREE

This free collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps from around the world. The collection dates from about 1700 to the 1950s. There are now more than 48,000 items online, with new additions added regularly.

FamilySearch Wiki - Idaho Maps

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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

Geology.com - Idaho Lake Map, River Map and Water Resources

Note the waterways displayed on a map with county boundaries. Migration paths from county to county can often be traced along these waterways.

Historical Maps of Idaho

Digitized collection of selected map holdings from several sources including the University of Alabama Map Library.

Library of Congress - Panoramic Maps - Idaho

Library of Congress - Railroad Maps, 1828-1900 - Idaho

Library of Congress - Sanborn Maps - Idaho

The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of buildings in U.S. cities and towns. Maps will be added monthly until 2020, for a total of approximately 500,000. The online collection now features maps published prior to 1900. The states available include Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Alaska is also online, with maps published through the early 1960s. By 2020, all the states will be online, showing maps from the late 1880s through the early 1960s.

List of former United States counties - Idaho (Wikipedia)

Map Geeks - State & County Maps of Idaho

MAPofUS.org - Idaho Maps and Atlases

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

From The University of Texas at Austin.

U.S. Census Bureau - Idaho County Outline Map

USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library