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Iowa 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 Iowa and Iowa counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Iowa maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Iowa.

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 Iowa 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

Iowa Maps

• 1845 Iowa and Wisconsin Atlas Map - Col. wax engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. "Shows Iowa Territory extending into present day Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Gives early Indian names of Rivers" (Checklist ... 8-0650). Prime meridians: (Greenwich) and Washington.
• 1845 A Atlas Map of the Indian Territory, northern Texas and New Mexico showing the great western prairies - Col. wax engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Covers also Kansas and parts of Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. Shows villages, Indian villages, ranchos, camps, springs, ruins, sandy regions, etc. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
• 1856 Iowa Atlas Map
• 1866 Diagram of the Public Surveys in Iowa - Iron, lead and coal regions are shown.
• 1880 County & township map of the states of Iowa and Missouri. - Shows settlements, 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.

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

The Iowa Highway Department has prepared a seriesof 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. Current county maps for Iowa can be ordered by sending check or money order to the Iowa Department of Transportation <www.dot.state.ia.us/sitemap.htm>. The maps are fairly easy to read, divided by townships and sections, and show highways, railroads, cities and towns, and rivers and streams.

To View the Iowa 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 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 Iowa Maps are Free to Download

Iowa Map Description & Links

Among the standard map references for Iowa, in addition to the numerous county atlases for all areas of the state, is Alfred Theodore Andreas’s Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875 (1875; reprint; Iowa City: State Historical Society, 1970), which superbly illustrates towns and farms, specifically locating patrons to the publication. An indexed patron’s list with place of residence, county and state of birth, and year of emigration is included.

The earliest Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Iowa is from 1883. The State Historical Society of Iowa publishes and sells Fire Insurance Maps of Iowa Cities and Towns: A List of Holdings, compiled by Peter H. Curtis and assisted by Richard S. Green and Edward N. McConnell (Iowa City: Iowa State History Department, 1983), which lists the society’s collection.

All fire insurance maps (Sanborn and others) have been compiled into one microfilm collection that is at both branches of the State Historical Society research library, the University of Iowa, and the Library of Congress. Of the approximately 4,000 Iowa maps included in both locations of the State Historical Society of Iowa library, the Des Moines branch has original plat maps created by the territorial land surveyors.

Newberry Library’s Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 11 vols. (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1980) lists all known pre-1900 plat maps and plat books for the state of Iowa. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Iowa (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1998) may also be helpful.

• Submit a website for Iowa Maps
• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
• 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.
• The USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Iowa Maps
• Iowa Map Books at Amazon.com

On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Iowa court record online!