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West Virginia 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 West Virginia and West Virginia counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some West Virginia maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in West Virginia. West Virginia was a pat of Virginia until 1861

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 West Virginia 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

West Virginia Maps

• 1880 County map of Virginia and West Virginia. - 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.

West Virginia County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

The West Virginia 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. Our county map images have been cropped to better fit your screen. To view a map, click the desired county section below. To save a copy on your computer, while viewing the PDF image, click the diskette icon on your toolbar, then save to the desired location on your computer. (note: some counties have up to five (5) sections)

To View the West Virginia 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 West Virginia Maps are Free to Download

West Virginia Map Description & Links

Maps of early Virginia are crucial when tracing colonial families on the frontier that would later become West Virginia. See also Henry Gannett, A Gazetteer of Virginia and West Virginia, (1904, reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002); Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, 2d ed., Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme Publishing, 2002; and West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, 2d ed., Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme Publishing, 2001.

Present-day county road maps can be obtained from West Virginia Department of Highways, Map Sales, 1900 Washington St. East, Charleston, WV 25305. These maps show the location of many cemeteries.

The West Virginia and Regional History Collection and the FHL have sizable collections of West Virginia maps, including nineteenth-century landownership maps. See Edgar Barr Sims, Making a State: Formation of West Virginia…(Charleston, W.Va.: E. B. Sims, 1956).

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

• Submit a website for West Virginia Maps
• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
• Perry-Castañeda Library West Virginia Map Collection
• Perry-Castañeda Library Virginia Map Collection
• Historical Maps of Virginia
• 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.
• West Virginia Map Books at Amazon.com

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