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Collections of [[Portal:New Jersey|New Jersey]] maps and atlases are available at numerous public and university libraries and historical societies. The New Jersey Historical Society has a large collection of more than 2,000 maps, and the state library has several hundred maps and atlases from the seventeenth century to the present.
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The Family History Library has atlases of most New Jersey counties. A collection of 10 statewide maps from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries is found in:
== Online Resources ==
*See [[United States Maps]] for more resources.
*[https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/New_Jersey.html Atlas of Historical County Boundaries] at the Newberry Library
*[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names Geographical Names Information System]
*[http://www.mapofus.org/newjersey/ Maps of New Jersey from MapofUS.org]. Includes boundary changes map.
*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map]
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/new_jersey_90.jpg Base Map of New Jersey (Univ of Texas)]
*[http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html New Jersey Maps from the Rutgers University Special Collections]
*[http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm New Jersey Map from worldatlas.com]
*[http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/nj_maps.htm New Jersey Maps from netstate.com]
*[http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/where/New_Jersey/ David Rumsey Map Collection] is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
*[http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/new-jersey.shtml Maps of Counties of New Jersey] - Digital-Topo-Maps.com
*[http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/newjersey/index_Before1890.html Historical Maps of New Jersey] - University of Alabama Map Library
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_jersey.html New Jersey Maps from the University of Texas Library]


*Skemer, Don C., Compiler. ''New Jersey Historic Map Portfolio''. Florham Park, New Jersey: Afton Publishing, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=243364&disp=New+Jersey+historic+map+portfolio%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.9 E7n].)
==Printed Publications==
*For information and maps concerning New Jersey's changing state, county, township, and city boundaries, use:
*Skemer, Don C., Compiler. ''New Jersey Historic Map Portfolio''. Florham Park, New Jersey: Afton Publishing, 1983. {{FSC|243364|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.9 E7n}}.  
*Long, John H., Compiler. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=16321&disp=Historical+atlas+and+chronology+of+count%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426].) Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.  
*Snyder, John P. ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968''. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. {{FSC|239387|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.9 E2s}}.
*Snyder, John P. ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968''. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=239387&disp=The+story+of+New+Jersey%27s+civil+bounda%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.9 E2s].)
*Long, John H., Compiler. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426}}.
*United States Geological Survey, ''Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File. ''Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. {{FSC|154455|item|disp=FS Library film 1433812}}), {{FSC|154455|item|disp=FS Library film 1433813}}
*''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426}}. Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.  
*''The Land Ownership Maps collection'', compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983. {{FSC|595910|title-id|disp=fiche 6079674-706}}


Some ward maps that can help you use the U.S. censuses are:  
==Background==
Collections of [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] maps and atlases are available at numerous public and university libraries and historical societies. The [http://www.jerseyhistory.org/index.htm New Jersey Historical Society] has a large collection of more than 2,000 maps, and the state library has several hundred maps and atlases from the seventeenth century to the present.
 
[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.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/new_jersey_90.jpg Base Map of New Jersey (Univ of Texas)]. Nice basic map showing counties of New Jersey.<br>
 
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/new_jersey.gif County Outline Map of New Jersey (Univ of Texas)]. This map shows only the outline of New Jersey Counties. <br>
 
The FamilySearch Library has atlases of most New Jersey counties. A collection of 10 statewide maps from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries is found in:
 
*For information and maps concerning New Jersey's changing state, county, township, and city boundaries, use: Long, John H., Compiler. ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980''. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. {{FSC|16321|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426}}. Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.
*Snyder, John P. ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968''. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. {{FSC|239387|item|disp=FS Catalog book 974.9 E2s}}.
*''The Land Ownership Maps collection'', compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983. {{FSC|595910|title-id|disp=fiche 6079674-706}}
*Stephenson, Richard W. ''Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress.'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|448424|title-id|disp=book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262}}.)
*''Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog''. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. {{FSC|589813|item|disp=FS Library Atlas 970 E72of}}.


=== Jersey City  ===
=== Jersey City  ===
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| 1855, 1864, 1886, 1890 <br>  
| Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=373717&disp=Ward+maps+of+United+States+cities++&first=201&last=300&columns=*,0,0 film 1377700,&nbsp;fiche 6016660-63] <br>
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| Family History Library [[6016845|fiche 6016845, 6016716-20]]
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*''The Land Ownership Maps collection'', compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983, contains 28 maps for New Jersey counties showing the names of landowners and the location of their property. {{FSC|595910|title-id|disp=fiche 6079674-706}} - Most date from 1841 to 1877, but there are two 1766 maps for Somerset and Middlesex counties.  
 
*Stephenson, Richard W. ''Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress.'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|448424|title-id|disp=book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262}}.)  
*''The Land Ownership Maps collection'', compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983, contains 28 maps for New Jersey counties showing the names of landowners and the location of their property. The New Jersey maps are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=595910&disp=Land+ownership+maps++ fiche 6079674-706]. Most date from 1841 to 1877, but there are two 1766 maps for Somerset and Middlesex counties. Descriptions of each map are found in:
*United States Geological Survey, ''Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File. ''Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. The maps are arranged alphabetically by the name of the quadrangle: Adelphia-Dinnisville {{FSC|154455|item|disp=FS Library film 1433812}}), New Brunswick-Wilmington {{FSC|154455|item|disp=FS Library film 1433813}}
*Stephenson, Richard W. ''Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress.'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=448424&disp=Land+ownership+maps+%3A+a+checklist+of+n%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262].)  
*7.5-, 15-, and 30-minute topographic quadrangle maps of New Jersey, published between 1884 and 1972, are in a collection of maps produced by the United States Geological Survey, ''Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File.&nbsp;''Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. The maps are arranged alphabetically by the name of the quadrangle:  
*Adelphia-Dinnisville (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=154455&disp=Topographic+maps+of+the+United+States++ film 1433812])  
*New Brunswick-Wilmington (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=154455&disp=Topographic+maps+of+the+United+States++ film 1433813])


To get the names of the quadrangles, use:  
To get the names of the quadrangles, use:  


*''Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog''. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589813&disp=Official+eastern+North+America+map+and+c%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Atlas 970 E72of].)
*''Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog''. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. {{FSC|589813|item|disp=FS Library Atlas 970 E72of}}.


Topographic maps and a free index map can be ordered from:  
Topographic maps and a free index map can be ordered from:  


'''U. S. Department of Interior'''<br>Geological Survey<br>507 National Center<br>Reston, VA 20192<br>Telephone: 800-USA-MAPS or 703-648-6045<br>Internet: http://www.usgs.gov/
[http://www.usgs.gov/  U. S. Department of Interior]<br>Geological Survey<br>507 National Center<br>Reston, VA 20192<br>Telephone: 800-USA-MAPS or 703-648-6045<br>


Free maps of individual counties can be ordered from local tourist bureaus and chambers of commerce or from:  
Free maps of individual counties can be ordered from local tourist bureaus and chambers of commerce or from:  


'''New Jersey Travel and Tourism'''<br>New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth &amp; Tourism Commission<br>P.O. Box 820<br>Trenton, NJ 08625-0820<br>Telephone: 800-VISITNJ <br>Internet: http://www.state.nj.us/travel/
[http://www.visitnj.org/ New Jersey Travel and Tourism]<br>New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth &amp; Tourism Commission<br>P.O. Box 820<br>Trenton, NJ 08625-0820<br>Telephone: 800-VISITNJ


Commercial maps of New Jersey cities can be purchased from:  
Commercial maps of New Jersey cities can be purchased from:  


'''Geographia Map Company'''<br>231 Hackensack Plank Road<br>Weehawken, NJ 07087<br>Telephone: 201-863-3866<br>Fax: 201-863-5977<br>Internet: http://macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=572500
[http://www.geographiamaps.com/contact.php Geographia Map Company]<br>75 Moore street<br>Hackensack, NJ 07601<br>Telephone: 201-488-4411<br> Toll Free: 1-800-416-4331<br>
 
'''Hagstrom Map Company, Inc.'''<br>46-35 54th Road<br>Maspeth, NY 11378<br>Telephone: 718-784-0055<br>Fax: 718-784-1216<br>Internet: http://www.hagstrommap.com/catalog/index.php
 
=== Web Sites  ===
 
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html
 
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm


Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States -- http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.html
[http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=315175 Hagstrom Map Company, Inc.]<br>46-35 54th Road<br>Maspeth, NY 11378<br>Telephone: 718-784-0055<br>Toll Free: 1-800-432-6277<br>Fax: 718-784-1216<br>


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Online Resources

Printed Publications

  • Skemer, Don C., Compiler. New Jersey Historic Map Portfolio. Florham Park, New Jersey: Afton Publishing, 1983. FS Catalog book 974.9 E7n.
  • Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. FS Catalog book 974.9 E2s.
  • Long, John H., Compiler. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426.
  • United States Geological Survey, Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File. Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. FS Library film 1433812), FS Library film 1433813
  • Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426. Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.
  • The Land Ownership Maps collection, compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983. fiche 6079674-706

Background

Collections of New Jersey maps and atlases are available at numerous public and university libraries and historical societies. The New Jersey Historical Society has a large collection of more than 2,000 maps, and the state library has several hundred maps and atlases from the seventeenth century to the present.

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.

Base Map of New Jersey (Univ of Texas). Nice basic map showing counties of New Jersey.

County Outline Map of New Jersey (Univ of Texas). This map shows only the outline of New Jersey Counties.

The FamilySearch Library has atlases of most New Jersey counties. A collection of 10 statewide maps from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries is found in:

  • For information and maps concerning New Jersey's changing state, county, township, and city boundaries, use: Long, John H., Compiler. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. FS Catalog book 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426. Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.
  • Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. FS Catalog book 974.9 E2s.
  • The Land Ownership Maps collection, compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983. fiche 6079674-706
  • Stephenson, Richard W. Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FamilySearch Library book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262.)
  • Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. FS Library Atlas 970 E72of.

Jersey City

1855, 1864, 1886, 1890
FamilySearch Library film 1377700, fiche 6016660-63

Newark

1850, 1858, 1865, 1876,
1892, 1895
FamilySearch Library fiche 6016845, 6016716-20
  • The Land Ownership Maps collection, compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983, contains 28 maps for New Jersey counties showing the names of landowners and the location of their property. fiche 6079674-706 - Most date from 1841 to 1877, but there are two 1766 maps for Somerset and Middlesex counties.
  • Stephenson, Richard W. Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FamilySearch Library book 973 A3Loc; fiche 6048262.)
  • United States Geological Survey, Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File. Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978. The maps are arranged alphabetically by the name of the quadrangle: Adelphia-Dinnisville FS Library film 1433812), New Brunswick-Wilmington FS Library film 1433813

To get the names of the quadrangles, use:

  • Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. FS Library Atlas 970 E72of.

Topographic maps and a free index map can be ordered from:

U. S. Department of Interior
Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Telephone: 800-USA-MAPS or 703-648-6045

Free maps of individual counties can be ordered from local tourist bureaus and chambers of commerce or from:

New Jersey Travel and Tourism
New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission
P.O. Box 820
Trenton, NJ 08625-0820
Telephone: 800-VISITNJ

Commercial maps of New Jersey cities can be purchased from:

Geographia Map Company
75 Moore street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Telephone: 201-488-4411
Toll Free: 1-800-416-4331

Hagstrom Map Company, Inc.
46-35 54th Road
Maspeth, NY 11378
Telephone: 718-784-0055
Toll Free: 1-800-432-6277
Fax: 718-784-1216

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