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1895 U.S. Atlas - New York

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

A Virtual Trip on the Historic Hudson River

Text and links based upon William Wade's Panorama of the Hudson River, 1846.

American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - New York

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - New York

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

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.

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.

Boston Rare Maps

Dealer specializing in antique and rare maps (and books with maps) of New England and the Northeast.

Color Landform Atlas: New York

Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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

Gleason's Old Maps Etc.

Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from New York.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Harvest of History | The Farmers' Museum

Contains a wide variety of historic maps for counties & towns in New York. From the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Historic USGS Maps of New York - Image Map

Historic USGS Maps of New York - Quad Index

Historic USGS Maps of New York - Town Index

MapQuest: World Atlas: New York

Maps of the Hudson

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 York State Historical Maps

Old Maps of New York, Pennsylvania and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)

Quality reproductions of towns in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine with family names.