
| Maryland County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1637 | 1642 | 1650 | 1654 | 1658 | 1662 | 1666 | 1669 | 1671 | 1672 | 1673 | 1674 | 1685 | 1695 | 1696 |
| 1698 | 1706 | 1707 | 1727 | 1742 | 1748 | 1750 | 1760 | 1773 | 1774 | 1776 | 1789 | 1791 | 1824 | 1837 |
| 1851 | 1867 | 1872 | 1880 | 1888 | 1918 | 1997 | ||||||||
| Maryland County Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1790 | 1800-1820 | 1830 | 1840-1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880-1910 | 1920-1930 | |||||||
| Maryland Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed |
AA - Anne Arundel AL - Allegany Ba - Baltimore BC - Baltimore City Cal - Calvert Ce - Cecil |
Cha - Charles Cln - Caroline Crl - Carroll Do - Dorchester Fr - Frederick Ga - Garrett |
Ha - Harford Ho - Howard Ke - Kent Mo - Montgomery PG - Prince George's QA - Queen Anne's |
SM - St. Mary's So - Somerset Ta - Talbot Wa - Washington Wi - Wicomico Wo - Worcester |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the Maryland and Maryland counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Maryland maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Maryland.
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 Maryland 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
Maryland Maps
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.
Reprints of county topographical maps are available from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218 <www.mgs.md.gov>. A good collection of maps, atlases, and plats is at the Maryland State Archives, many of which are indexed by place and some by names of tracts and owners. Early maps of Maryland are in Russell Morrison, and others, On the Map (Chestertown, Md.: Washington College, 1983). Other fine and useful maps are at the Maryland Historical Society. Mary Ross Brown, An Illustrated Genealogy of the Counties of Maryland and the District of Columbia (Silver Spring, Md.: the author, 1967) includes maps that show the county changes and also ward maps of Baltimore for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Atlases have been published for some of the counties, and county maps are to be found in most county histories.
For the best study of mapping in Maryland, see Edward C. Papenfuse and Joseph M. Coale, III, Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608–1908, revised with the new title The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608–1908 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, 2003).
Below is a list of online resources for Maryland Maps. Email us with websites containing Maryland Maps by clicking the link below:
On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Maryland court record online!