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Maryland County Maps and Atlases

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(Maryland maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)

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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

Maryland 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 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** PLEASE DESCRIBE THIS IMAGE ** - 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.

Maryland Map Description & Links

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!

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