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The Wisconsin Historical Society has microfilm copies of Wisconsin county
plat books (ca. 1870-1900), which are accessible through interlibrary loan.
Early and later county plat maps are not microfilmed but some can be photocopied
on request. State atlases were published for Wisconsin in 1876, 1878, and 1881,
and include county maps. They show post offices, schools, churches, and road
systems, all valuable information in locating an ancestral family in Wisconsin.
Geraldine Strey's Land Ownership Maps of Wisconsin, 1836-1960.
Madison, Wisconsin, n.d. is very important in determining precisely what maps
are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Aerial photographs of Wisconsin are in the collection of the Arthur Robinson
Map Library, Science Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The first
topographical map of Wisconsin, of the Stoughton quadrangle, is dated 1889.
Bird's-eye view maps are significant in Wisconsin research, inasmuch as they
cover the period from 1867 to the end of World War I. There are over 200 of
these maps for Wisconsin towns and villages. Most are listed in Elizabeth Maule,
Bird's Eye View of Wisconsin Communities, Madison, Wisconsin, 1977, and
are also available at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The maps were drawn with
great attention to the buildings existing at the time.
The Golda Meir Library at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, holds the
map collection of the American Geographical and Statistical Society. The
worldwide collection includes thousands of bound books, maps, gazetteers, and
photographs. It is one of the largest collections of maps for the entire United States. A unique cataloging program at this repository references maps that
appear in books. The collection has
maps of Milwaukee for 1849, 1857, 1869, 1875, 1886, 1890, 1892, and 1898. Queries by mail or phone are answered, most material can be
photocopied, and some holdings may be borrowed through interlibrary loan. The
library is located at 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mailing
address is the American Geographical Society Collection, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee Library, P.O. Box 399, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201.
The earliest Sanborn map for Wisconsin in the historical society holdings is
for 1883. An earlier one exists for LaCrosse in 1879.
Various online maps and geographic resources include:
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American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Wisconsin - From the Geography
and Map Division, Library of Congress.
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American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Wisconsin - From the Geography
and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Color Landform Atlas:
Wisconsin - Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
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Digital Sanborn Maps - Wisconsin - Information on the towns covered,
number of maps for each town & years covered.
- Find a City or Town in
Wisconsin
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Contains information
for almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the
United States and its territories. The Federally recognized name of each
feature described in the data base is identified, and references are made to a
feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates. The GNIS is
the official U.S. repository of domestic geographic names
information.
- Harvard Map Collection
- Historical Maps of the United States - The Perry-Castañeda Library Map
Collection
- The Home and
School Reference Work, A Library of Practical, Authoritive Information Drawn
From Every Department of Human Knowledge, Volume IX, Perpetual Encyclopedia
Corporation, Chicago, 1915 and 1923, page 3976, contributed by Bob Franks.
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K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - Wisconsin
- KinQuest
Wisconsin County Maps, 1901
- Land Ownership
Maps in the Library of Congress
- Lead Mines on the
Mississippi, circa 1829
- Leading Products
Industries, circa 1943
- Maps at the University
of Virginia
- Map of Wisconsin Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas:
Wisconsin
- Michigan
Territory in 1830 -Includes Wisconsin
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Michigan and Wisconsin, circa 1891
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Midwest Map, circa 1884
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps, 1885-1992 [From the collections at
the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Libraries]
- National
Encyclopedia Wisconsin Map, circa 1944
- Natural Regions
of Wisconsin, circa 1943
- A
New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States By Thomas Baldwin and J.
Thomas, M.D. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 1854 pp.1302-1307.
Contributed by Kathy Lenerz.
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Organization of Territories in the United States since 1803 - The Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection
- Public Land
Survey System (PLSS) Township Index Maps
- Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas
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Rand McNally Popular Map of Wisconsin, circa 1944
- Rare Map
Collection at the Hargrett Library, University of Georgia
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RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo - Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn
the name of the county where that town is located.
- Sanborn Maps
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U.S. Atlas - Wisconsin - 1895 -
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- U.S. Census
Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Wisconsin County Selection Map
- U.S. Census Bureau U.S.
Gazetteer
- U.S. Digital
Map Library - Wisconsin
- USGenWeb Archives, United
States Digital Map Library
- Wisconsin Digital
Map Library
- U.S. Territorial
Maps 1775-1920
- USGS/GNIS Database
of Wisconsin locations
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Wisconsin County Boundaries, 1990 U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census
- Wisconsin
County Maps, 1901
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Provides printable county maps
showing township and range numbers essential in studying ancestors in federal
land states.
- Wisconsin Digital Maps Project
- Wisconsin from Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
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Wisconsin Gazetteer, containing the names, location and advantages of the
counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices, and settlements, together
with a description of the lakes, water courses, prairies, and public
localities, in the state of Wisconsin, alphabetically arranged by John Warren
Hunt. 1853.
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Wisconsin Gazeteer On-Line - 1853 - From the University of Michigan. Scanned
images of the original book.
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Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota Territories 1832-1858
- Wisconsin Maps -
Exploring Wisconsin our Home
- Wisconsin Maps - John
Hopkins University
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Wisconsin Maps - The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
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Wisconsin Panoramic Maps, 1847-1929, at the Library of Congress
- Wisconsin Profiles:
Interactive county maps
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Wisconsin Railroad Maps at the Library of Congress
- Wisconsin State
Cartographer's Office
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Wisconsin Transportion & Communication Maps at the Library of Congress
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS -
Wisconsin - Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the
search to a specific county in this state and search for many features.
Various print resources include:
- Atlases of Historical County Boundaries. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1997.
- DeLorme Mapping Company.
Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Me: DeLorme Mapping Co., 1988.
- Fox, Michael. Maps and
Atlases Showing Land Ownership in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1978. Lists maps available at the State
Historical Society of Wisconsin .
- Gard, Robert E. and L.G. Sorden, The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names,
1968. Reprint, Minocqua, Wisconsin: Heartland Press, 1988 has an
alphabetical list of towns and cities, the county in which they are located, and
a brief history.
- Historical Atlas of Wisconsin: embracing complete state and county
maps, city & village plats, together with separate state and county histories
... Milwaukee: Snyder, Van Vechten & Co., 1878.
- Long, John H., ed.
Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788–1980.
Scale: 1:633,600. Vols. 1–5. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1984. Maps show when and where each
county changed boundaries. Maps for Wisconsin are in volume 3.
- Maule Elizabeth.
Bird's Eye View of Wisconsin Communities, Madison, Wisconsin, 1977.
- Robinson, Arthur, and Jerry B.
Culver.
Atlas of Wisconsin: General Maps and Gazetteers. Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press, 1974. This
atlas includes an excellent gazetteer.
- Snyder, Van Vechten & Co.
Historical Atlas of Wisconsin.
Janesville, Wis.: Origins, 1995. This is a reprint of the 1878
publication and contains useful maps for each county.
- Strey, Geraldine. Land Ownership Maps of Wisconsin, 1836-1960.
Madison, Wisconsin, n.d.
- Walling, H. F.
Atlas of the State of Wisconsin. Detroit: Walling, Tackabury and Co.,
1876.
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Ward Maps of United States Cities. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1975?
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