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Nebraska County Maps and Atlases
| Nebraska County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
| 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1876 | 1877 | 1879 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
| 1888 | 1889 | 1891 | 1895 | 1908 | 1910 | 1913 | 1921 | 1925 | ||||||
| Nebraska Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910-1930 | |||||||||
| Nebraska Map Abbreviations | ||||
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unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ad - Adams An - Antelope Ar - Arthur Ba - Banner BB - Box Butte Bln - Blaine Boo - Boone Boy - Boyd Br - Brown Buf - Buffalo Bur - Burt But - Butler Cas - Cass |
Ce - Cedar Cha - Chase Cl - Clay Co - Colfax Cry - Cherry Cum - Cuming Cus - Custer Cyn - Cheyenne Dak - Dakota De - Deuel Di - Dixon Dod - Dodge Dou - Douglas Dsn - Dawson Dun - Dundy Dws - Dawes Fi - Fillmore Fra - Franklin Fro - Frontier Fu - Furnas |
Gag - Gage Gdn - Garden Gfd - Garfield Gly - Greeley Gnt - Grant Go - Gosper Hal - Hall Ham - Hamilton Hay - Hayes Hi - Hitchcock Hln - Harlan Hol - Holt Hoo - Hooker How - Howard Je - Jefferson Joh - Johnson Kea - Kearney Kei - Keith Ki - Kimball Kn - Knox |
KP - Keya Paha La - Lancaster Li - Lincoln Log - Logan Lou - Loup Ma - Madison McP - McPherson Me - Merrick Mrl - Morrill Na - Nance Ne - Nemaha Nu - Nuckolls Ot - Otoe Pa - Pawnee Pe - Perkins Ph - Phelps Pi - Pierce Pl - Platte Po - Polk Ri - Richardson |
Ro - Rock RW - Red Willow Sal - Saline Sar - Sarpy Sau - Saunders SB - Scotts Bluff Sdn - Sheridan Se - Seward Si - Sioux Smn - Sherman St - Stanton Tha - Thayer Tho - Thomas Thu - Thurston Va - Valley Was - Washington Way - Wayne Web - Webster Wh - Wheeler Yo - York |
Nebraska 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 Nebraska and Nebraska counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Nebraska maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Nebraska.
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 Nebraska 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
Nebraska Maps
- 1856 Nebraska And Kanzas Atlas Map Nebraska extends from the western banks of the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains from east to west and from the northern border of the US to the 40th parallel from north to south. Route of the proposed Pacific Railroad shown.
- 1866 Map Showing the progress of the Public surveys in Kansas and Nebraska - In outline color with the land offices in pink and the surveyor general's office in green. The legend includes coal, lead, platina, marble, and salt lands.
- 1880 County & township map of the states of Kansas and Nebraska. - Shows 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.
Nebraska County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska Maps are Free to Download
Nebraska Map Description & Links
The Nebraska State Historical Society holds the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Nebraska. The society has an excellent collection of early county atlases covering most of the state, including some 500 county atlases or plat books from 1885 to about 1947. For a listing, see Nebraska County Atlases/Platbooks at <www.nebraskahistory.org/databases/atlas.shtml>. See also:
Everts and Kirk. The 1885 Official State Atlas of Nebraska. Reprinted in 1976 with 10,000-name index by Margie Sobotka. Fremont, Nebr.: Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society, 1976.
Below is a list of online resources for Nebraska Maps. Email us with websites containing Nebraska Maps by clicking the link below:
- Submit a website for Nebraska 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.
- Nebraska Map Books at Amazon.com
On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Nebraska court record online!
