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1895 U.S. Atlas - New Jersey

Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850

Maps on this site cover the early modern period ending in 1850, just as so-called internal improvements (canals, highways, and railroads) began to cross the young nation and change the landscape.

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., Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000 $

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.

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.

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: New Jersey

Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - New Jersey ^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 - New Jersey Maps

Genealogy Quest - New Jersey (and Pennsylvania) Place Names

A table showing the changes to place names in the present state of New Jersey.

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 - New Jersey 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 New Jersey

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

Library of Congress - Panoramic Maps - New Jersey

Library of Congress - Railroad Maps, 1828-1900 - New Jersey

Library of Congress - Sanborn Maps - New Jersey

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.

Map Geeks - State & County Maps of New Jersey

MAPofUS.org - New Jersey Maps and Atlases

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.

New Jersey County Census Maps

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