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The Rhode Island Historical Society's map collection is very extensive. The Family History Library has a few maps, including some of the colonial era and early plantations.
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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/rhodeisland/ Maps of Rhode Island from MapofUS.org]. Includes boundary changes map.
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/Rhode_Island.html Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=16876 Official gazetteer of Rhode Island] ($)
*[https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00482/?sp=1 McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States]
*[http://www.censusfinder.com/mapri.htm Rhode Island County Map]
*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map]


A helpful atlas is Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, ''The Rhode Island Atlas'' (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982; FHL book 974.5 E6w).
==Printed Publications==
*Wright, Marion I. and Robert J. Sullivan, ''The Rhode Island Atlas'' (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982) {{WorldCat|9652183|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|70114|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.5 E62}}


''Atlases with Rhode Island maps for the years 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1857, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917'' are on FHL film 002083.
==Background==
*See [[Maps | Maps]] for more information.


'''[http://www.censusfinder.com/mapri.htm Rhode Island County Map]'''
The Rhode Island Historical Society's map collection is very extensive. The FamilySearch Library also has a few maps of [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]], including some of the colonial era and early plantations.
 
*[https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00482/?sp=1 McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States] at Library of Congress
*Wright, Marion I. and Robert J. Sullivan, ''The Rhode Island Atlas'' (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982) {{WorldCat|9652183|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|70114|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.5 E62}}
 
*[http://www.censusfinder.com/mapri.htm Rhode Island County Map]
 
*Other printable maps are also available from the [https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/printable.html National Atlas of the United States]
 
*[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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Revision as of 13:35, 16 February 2025

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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

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Background[edit | edit source]

  • See Maps for more information.

The Rhode Island Historical Society's map collection is very extensive. The FamilySearch Library also has a few maps of Rhode Island, including some of the colonial era and early plantations.