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Maps of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Maps are generally an important area of genealogy and family history research, notably in case you live faraway from where your ancestor lived. Because Pennsylvania political boundaries sometimes changed, historic maps are important in helping you find out the precise specific location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, just who their neighbors happen to be, and more.
Pennsylvania Maps generally are likely to be an exceptional source for starting out with your own research, because they provide you with substantially useful information and facts quickly. Pennsylvania Maps is usually a major resource of significant amounts of details on family history.
Most of the courthouses in Pennsylvania can supply maps of county roads. Manuscript collections, county histories, and county atlases also contain older Pennsylvania maps. Some of those collections can be found in the following locations: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Library, Free Library of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State Archives.
City directories sometimes contain maps of those cities. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission also has a useful map available to researchers. That map shows how the counties developed in the Commonwealth. Warrantee maps from 24 Pennsylvania counties are available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, and copies can also be found in each county recorder of deeds office, as well as at the Pennsylvania State Library.
Pennsylvania County Formation Map
Pennsylvania Antique Maps & Atlases
See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique 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 Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Pennsylvania maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Pennsylvania.
- 1776 The Provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania.
- 1776 Pennsylvania Map
- 1795 Map of Pennsylvania
- 1804 Pennsylvania Atlas
- 1814 Map of Pennsylvania
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Pennsylvania
- 1827 Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
- 1836 A New Atlas Map Of Pennsylvania with its Canals, Rail-Roads & Distances from Place to Place along the Stage Roads
- 1845 Pennsylvania Map (with) Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties (with) Coal Region
- 1856 Pennsylvania Map
- 1856 Cities Of Pittsburgh And Allegheny, With Parts Of Adjacent Boroughs, Pennsylvania. (with) The City Of Cincinnati Ohio
- 1856 City Of Philadelphia
- 1880 County map of the state of Pennsylvania, (with) Harrisburg, (with) Williamsport, (with) Erie, (with) Scranton
- 1880 Plan of the city of Philadelphia and Camden
Pennsylvania County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Pennsylvania 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 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.
- Adams County 1916, 1941, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Allegheny County 1950(1), 1950(2), 1964(1), 1964(2), 1964(3), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1976(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1991(3), 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Armstrong County 1911, 1941, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2002
- Beaver County 1916, 1926, 1941, 1961, 1974, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2005
- Bedford County 1938, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Berks County 1915, 1926, 1953(1), 1953(2), 1953(3), 1966(1), 1966(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Blair County 1915, 1941, 1962, 1975, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Bradford County 1911, 1930, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1964, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Bucks County 1912, 1945, 1946, 1950(1), 1950(2), 1971(1), 1971(2), 1971(3), 1986(2), 1986(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2002, 2005
- Butler County 1941, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005
- Cambria County 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1975(1), 1975(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
- Cameron County 1914, 1941, 1958, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2004
- Carbon County 1916, 1941, 1961, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2004
- Centre County 1931, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 1999(1), 1999(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2004(1), 2004(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
- Chester County 1923, 1931, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1959(1), 1959(2), 1978(1), 1978(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1995, 2000, 2003
- Clarion County 1912, 1941, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Clearfield County 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1997(1), 1997(2), 2002(1), 2002(2)
- Clinton County 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002
- Columbia County 1914, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 2003, 2004
- Crawford County 1912, 1926, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1954(1), 1954(2), 1967(1), 1967(2), 1982(1), 1982(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2003(1), 2003(2), 2004(1), 2004(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
- Cumberland County 1914, 1941, 1956(1), 1956(2), 1966(1), 1966(2), 1974(1), 1974(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
- Dauphin County 1926, 1941, 1964(1), 1964(2), 1972(1), 1972(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004
- Delaware County 1912, 1923, 1950(1), 1950(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1996, 2004
- Elk County 1914, 1941, 1954, 1967, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2004
- Erie County 1912, 1923, 1941, 1954, 1968, 1978(1), 1978(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 2002, 2004
- Fayette County 1941(1), 1941(2), 1958(1), 1958(2), 1971(1), 1971(2), 1984(1), 1984(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004
- Forest County 1914, 1941, 1954, 1971, 1983, 1991, 2002, 2004
- Franklin County 1914, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1991, 1997, 2004
- Fulton County 1912, 1941, 1964, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004
- Greene County 1953, 1967, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004
- Huntingdon County 1915, 1941, 1963, 1980, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2004
- Indiana County 1916, 1941, 1961, 1978, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2005
- Jefferson County 1930, 1941, 1963, 1972, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Juniata County 1912, 1941, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Lackawanna County 1923, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
- Lancaster County 1912, 1923, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1972(1), 1972(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Lawrence County 1930, 1941, 1958, 1974, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2005
- Lebanon County 1914, 1946, 1960, 1969, 1986(1), 1986(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1997, 2002, 2005
- Lehigh County 1915, 1941, 1960, 1974(1), 1974(2), 1985(1), 1985(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
- Luzerne County 1959(1), 1959(2), 1969(1), 1969(2), 1980(1), 1980(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 1997, 2003, 2004
- Lycoming County 1916, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1961(1), 1961(2), 1974(1), 1974(2), 1985(1), 1985(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
- McKean County 1915, 1941, 1953, 1967, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002
- Mercer County 1941, 1954, 1971(1), 1971(2), 1987, 1990, 1997, 2004
- Mifflin County 1915, 1941, 1965, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Monroe County 1915, 1941, 1961, 1972, 1983, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004
- Montgomery County 1912, 1923, 1945(1), 1945(2), 1950(1), 1950(2), 1950(3), 1967(1), 1967(2), 1978(1), 1978(2), 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004
- Montour County 1915, 1941, 1966, 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
- Northampton County 1914, 1941, 1961, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Northumberland County 1923, 1941, 1960, 1969, 1978(1), 1978(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
- Perry County 1912, 1941, 1960, 1969, 1981, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005
- Philadelphia County 1999(1), 1999(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
- Pike County 1911, 1941, 1959, 1969, 1981, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2004
- Potter County 1916, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2004
- Schuylkill County 1916, 1946, 1964(1), 1964(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1997, 2003, 2004
- Snyder County 1914, 1941, 1965, 1981, 1991, 2002, 2004
- Somerset County 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1963(1), 1963(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005
- Sullivan County 1915, 1941, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2005
- Susquehanna County 1914, 1941, 1958, 1969, 1981, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005
- Tioga County 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1964(1), 1964(2), 1977, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Union County 1915, 1941, 1964, 1981, 1991, 2002, 2004
- Venango County 1917, 1941, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004
- Warren County 1912, 1941, 1954, 1971, 1986, 1991, 2000, 2003
- Washington County 1912, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1957(1), 1957(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 2001, 2002
- Wayne County 1916, 1941, 1958, 1968, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002
- Westmoreland County 1941(1), 1941(2), 1960(1), 1960(2), 1960(3), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1977(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2000(1), 2000(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2004(1), 2004(2)
- Wyoming County 1912, 1941, 1953, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1997, 2002
- York County 1915, 1926, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1957(1), 1957(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Pennsylvania Map Description & Links
- Pennsylvania Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Pennsylvania Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers (ancestry.com)
- Pennsylvania Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Pennsylvania (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- American Memory Map Collection: 1500-2004 (memory.loc.gov) extensive selection from the Library of Congress Map Collections, focusing on Americana and cartographic treasures.. See also Warrantee Township Maps (phmc.state.pa.us)
- Pennsylvania Digital Map Library - usgwarchives.net
- Pennsylvania Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Pennsylvania Map Books (amazon.com)
