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== Online Resources == | |||
*See [[United States Maps]] for more resources. | |||
*[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names Geographical Names Information System] | |||
*[http://www.mapofus.org/maine/ Maps of Maine from MapofUS.org]. Includes boundary changes map. | |||
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/Maine.html Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries] | |||
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/maine.html University of Texas - Maine maps] | |||
*[https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00482/?sp=1 McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States] at Library of Congress | |||
*[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://www.umaine.edu/ University of Maine] | |||
*[http://www.mainehistory.org/ Maine Historical Society] | |||
*[http://library.bowdoin.edu/ Bowdoin Library] | |||
*[http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/ Bangor Public Library] | |||
*[http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/Maine/ David Rumsey Map Collection] for Maine contains a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. | |||
==Printed Publications== | |||
Carleton, Osgood. ''A Map of the District of Maine.'' N.p., N.d. Reprint. Originally published 1793. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|288933|title-id|disp=map case 974.1 E7c}}). This also includes a map containing the location of areas with the most Indian problems. | |||
Greenleaf, Moses. ''Map Exhibiting the Principal Original Grants and Sales of Lands in the State of Maine''. Ellsworth, Maine: Ellsworth American, 1977. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|106527|title-id|disp=map case 974.1 E7g}}). | |||
''Maine County Subdivisions, Towns, Plantations, Unorganized Territories, and Places''. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|123408|title-id|disp=map case 974.1 E7mc}}). | |||
==Background== | |||
*See [[Maps | Maps]] for more information. | |||
The University of Maine in Orono, the Maine Historical Society, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick have large collections of maps and atlases. The Bangor Public Library is also a good source of maps. | The University of Maine in Orono, the Maine Historical Society, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick have large collections of maps and atlases. The Bangor Public Library is also a good source of maps. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has a few individual maps of Maine. These often show the locations of towns, rivers, roads, townships, and county boundaries. A few of the Maine maps in the FamilySearch Library's collection are: | ||
For individual locality map information, see the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under MAINE, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - MAPS. | |||
Printable maps are also available from the [https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/printable.html National Atlas of the United States] | |||
[[Category:Maine, United States|Maps]] [[Category:Maps_of_the_United_States_by_state]] | |||
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