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Colorado Antique Maps & Atlases

See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique Maps & Atlases to view free map images of antique maps & atlases maps during the years 1732 to 1897 for the entire United States as well as other states and countries.

These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the Colorado and Colorado counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Colorado maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Colorado.

Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All Colorado maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Colorado Maps

• 1866 Map of Public Surveys in Colorado Territory - The developed gold regions are highlighted in gold. It is noted that the dotted lines are for proposed surveys. Many of the townships have yet to be sectionalized.
• 1880 Colorado - Shows counties, townships, Confederate Ute Indian Reservation, settlements, railroads, rivers, etc. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.

Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.

Colorado County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

The Colorado Highway Department has prepared a series of county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

To View the Colorado Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution. If you order an image they are printed at the highest resolution. (Images are between 500k and 1.5 meg so loading may be slow if using a dial-up connection). PLEASE READ!! These Colorado maps are downloadable and are in PDF format. The main use of these are the locations of all known cemeteries in a county and of course the various roads and church locations. These Colorado Maps are Free to Download

Colorado Map Description & Links

Colorado Geological Survey Maps are available from the Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, Building 810, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO; Mailing address, P.O. Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 <www.usgs.gov>. Map dealers also offer these maps; Map Express (1708 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80302) is one commercial service that provides same-day shipping for all USGS maps.

The Western History and Genealogy Department at the Denver Public Library has an extensive collection of over 2,000 maps, which includes explorations, surveys, railroad maps, trails, mining expeditions, and land grants. Included in their collection is George R. Erchler’s Colorado Place Names (Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing, 1980).

Good map collections are also located at the University of Colorado map library in the Benson Earth Sciences building, Boulder, 80224; Colorado State Archives (see Archives, Libraries, and Societies); and the School of Mines’ Arthur Lakes Library. Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 4th ed. rev. (Athens, Ohio: Shallow Press, 1974), compiled by Perry Eberhart, discusses an important aspect of Colorado’s political geography.

Two fine sources for place-names in Colorado are:

Blecha, Arvid D. (Donald R. Elliott, comp.) Blecha’s Colorado Place Names: A Genealogical & Historical Guide to Colorado Sites. Denver: Colorado Genealogical Society, 2001.

Elliott, Donald R. and Doris L. Salmen Elliott. Place Names in Colorado: Reference Guide to Place Names and Pointers to Publications with Additional Information. Denver: Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, 1999.

Below is a list of online resources for Colorado Maps. Email us with websites containing Colorado Maps by clicking the link below:

• Submit a website for Colorado Maps
• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
• Colorado Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images
• GeoEye
• Colorado Maps - Collection of Colorado Cities and other Colorado Maps. Features shaded relief and National Park Service Maps
• Colorado Congressional Districts
  • District 1 (pdf)
  • District 2 (pdf)
  • District 3 (pdf)
  • District 4 (pdf)
  • District 5 (pdf)
  • District 6 (pdf)
  • District 7 (pdf)
• Colorado DOT Bicycling Maps - City and State maps, maps of passes, and climate information.
• Colorado Dept. of Transportation - City, County, Statewide, Traffic Volume, and Travel Maps
• Colorado Judicial Districts
• Map of Colorado Counties (US Census Bureau) - Quick facts are accessed by clicking on map.
• Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
• Colorado Map Books at Amazon.com

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