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The following atlases and maps can help you with your research:  
The following atlases and maps can help you with your research:  


*''Atlas of Utah''. Ogden, Utah: Weber State College and Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E7 book Q 979.2 E7a]). This important work contains reference, topographical, historical, resource, boundary, population, and settlement maps  
*''Atlas of Utah''. Ogden, Utah: Weber State College and Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E7 book Q 979.2 E7a].) This important work contains reference, topographical, historical, resource, boundary, population, and settlement maps  
*Miller, David E. ''Utah History Atlas''. Second Edition, N.p.: Miller, 1968. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284700&disp=Utah+history+atlas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.2 E2m]). This atlas illustrates the routes of early explorers, Mormon settlements, boundary changes, and other historical events.  
*Miller, David E. ''Utah History Atlas''. Second Edition, N.p.: Miller, 1968. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284700&disp=Utah+history+atlas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.2 E2m].) This atlas illustrates the routes of early explorers, Mormon settlements, boundary changes, and other historical events.  
*Tackitt, Jim W. ''1866 County Map of Utah and Nevada''. 1966. Reprint, Concord, California: Tackitt Photographic, 1990? (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979+E7u map book 979 E7u]). This small map shows 1866 county boundaries and town locations. It also identifies the Indian lands and tribes.  
*Tackitt, Jim W. ''1866 County Map of Utah and Nevada''. 1966. Reprint, Concord, California: Tackitt Photographic, 1990? (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979+E7u map book 979 E7u].) This small map shows 1866 county boundaries and town locations. It also identifies the Indian lands and tribes.  
*''General Highway Maps.'' Three Volumes. N.p.: The Commission, 1937-51. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E7g book Folio 979.2 E7g).] Arranged by county, this three-volume set contains 89 maps illustrating cemeteries; roads; schools; churches; cities and towns; rivers; and range, township, and section numbers
*''General Highway Maps.'' Three Volumes. N.p.: The Commission, 1937-51. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E7g book Folio 979.2 E7g.)] Arranged by county, this three-volume set contains 89 maps illustrating cemeteries; roads; schools; churches; cities and towns; rivers; and range, township, and section numbers


An inventory of Utah maps before 1900 is:  
An inventory of Utah maps before 1900 is:  


*Moffat, Riley Moore ''Printed Maps of Utah to 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography'' Santa Cruz, California: Western Association of Map Libraries, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E33m book 979.2 E33m]). The book is arranged by the years the maps were published. The book covers 11 libraries throughout Utah and the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley. It gives the size and a description of the maps.
*Moffat, Riley Moore ''Printed Maps of Utah to 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography'' Santa Cruz, California: Western Association of Map Libraries, 1981. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=979.2+E33m book 979.2 E33m].) The book is arranged by the years the maps were published. The book covers 11 libraries throughout Utah and the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkley. It gives the size and a description of the maps.


Counties in Utah:
Counties in Utah:  


*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map].  This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties.
*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map].  This map will allow you to zoom in on any state or county in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring counties.
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