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*''Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio’s Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985''<ref>*Phillips, Louis W. ''Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio’s Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c.1986. (Family History Library book 977.1 E3p.) </ref> is a valuable guide to Ohio's counties in jurisdictional histories. | *''Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio’s Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985''<ref>*Phillips, Louis W. ''Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio’s Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c.1986. (Family History Library book 977.1 E3p.) </ref> is a valuable guide to Ohio's counties in jurisdictional histories. | ||
=== Historical Maps and Atlases === | === Historical Maps and Atlases === | ||
*[http://historical.mytopo.com/townlist.cfm?stateabr=OH City Maps] | |||
*The [http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/ohio/ David Rumsey Map Collection] contains an extensive collection of 229 historical atlases, maps, and other antique cartographic treasures. | *The [http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/ohio/ David Rumsey Map Collection] contains an extensive collection of 229 historical atlases, maps, and other antique cartographic treasures. | ||
* | *[http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/1895/oh_1895.jpg 1895 Map of Ohio] by Color Landform Atlas/Ray Sterner. | ||
*[http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december01/bauer/12bauer.html Sanborn Maps] provide detailed towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. | *[http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december01/bauer/12bauer.html Sanborn Maps] provide detailed towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. | ||
*The Family History Library has maps dating from the Revolutionary War era and the earliest land subdivisions to present-day county highway maps. These include historical atlases, mostly published in the 1870s, from 60 counties. Atlases are available covering the era fo 1673 to 1783<ref>Brown, Lloyd Arnold. ''Early Maps of the Ohio Valley''. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1959. (Family History Library book 973 E3b.) </ref><br> | |||
=== Land Ownership Maps === | === Land Ownership Maps === | ||
*Landowner maps are especially valuable. These maps show the lands of a county, with the names of the owners written on them. Most of these maps date between 1860 to 1900. There is a checklist of 19th-century United States county maps in the Library of Congress.<ref>Stephenson, Richard W., comp. ''Land Ownership Maps''. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (Family History Library book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262.)</ref> This checklist records 1,449 United States county land ownership maps, 69 of which are Ohio counties. | *Landowner maps are especially valuable. These maps show the lands of a county, with the names of the owners written on them. Most of these maps date between 1860 to 1900. There is a checklist of 19th-century United States county maps in the Library of Congress.<ref>Stephenson, Richard W., comp. ''Land Ownership Maps''. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (Family History Library book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262.)</ref> This checklist records 1,449 United States county land ownership maps, 69 of which are Ohio counties. | ||