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The most extensive collections of [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] maps are at the University of Delaware Library, the Historical Society of Delaware, and at the Wilmington Institute Free Library.  
The most extensive collections of [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] maps are at the University of Delaware Library, the Historical Society of Delaware, and at the Wilmington Institute Free Library.  


== Family History Library ==
== FamilySearch Library ==
A valuable atlas that shows names of landowners is:  
A valuable atlas that shows names of landowners is:  


Beers, Daniel G. ''Atlas of the State of Delaware''. . . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pomeroy and Beers, 1868. (Family History Library {{FSC|133067|title-id|disp=fiche 6332689}}.)  
Beers, Daniel G. ''Atlas of the State of Delaware''. . . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pomeroy and Beers, 1868. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|133067|title-id|disp=fiche 6332689}}.)  


There are United States atlases for the following years with excellent Delaware maps: 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917 (Family History Library {{FSC|002083|film|disp=film 002083}}.)  
There are United States atlases for the following years with excellent Delaware maps: 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917 (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|002083|film|disp=film 002083}}.)  


The best atlas for showing changes in county formation and boundary disputes is by the:  
The best atlas for showing changes in county formation and boundary disputes is by the:  


*Newberry Library. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1. John H. Long, ed. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall & Company, 1984. (Family History Library {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=Ref book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426; 3 fiche}}.)
*Newberry Library. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1. John H. Long, ed. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall & Company, 1984. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=Ref book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426; 3 fiche}}.)


== National Map Collections ==
== National Map Collections ==