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1895 U.S. Atlas - North Carolina
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
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Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
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Ancestry.com - U.S., Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000
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Original source: Historic Map Works LLC, Portland, Maine. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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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.
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Color Landform Atlas: North Carolina
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - North Carolina
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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.
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
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Geology.com - North Carolina 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.
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Historical Co's, Precients, Cities/Towns; NCGenWeb
NC Historical (Defunct) Counties. Researchers find that often the ancestors did not move. It was the county or state borders that moved through the years. Sometimes, those counties and towns have completely disappeared. This website is dedicated to the counties and towns that no longer exist in North Carolina.
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Historical Maps of North Carolina
Digitized collection of selected map holdings from several sources including the University of Alabama Map Library.
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Library of Congress - Sanborn Maps - North Carolina
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.
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North Carolina ECHO : Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
NC ECHO enables users to search across thousands of digitized and born-digital historic materials including a wide variety of books, photographs, maps, family histories, state documents, newspapers, and much more from cultural heritage institutions around North Carolina. The collections available through NC ECHO include a diverse array of materials by and about the people, places, and history of North Carolina. All of the collections available through the NC ECHO Search are freely available online to all users, regardless of their location or affiliation.
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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.
