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


*A helpful atlas is Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, ''The Rhode Island Atlas'' (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982; Family History Library {{FHL|70114|item}}
*A helpful atlas is Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, ''The Rhode Island Atlas'' (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982; Family History Library {{FHL|70114|item}}  
*''Atlases with Rhode Island maps for the years 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1857, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917'' are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=002083 film 002083].
*''Atlases with Rhode Island maps for the years 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1857, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917'' are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=002083 film 002083].


*[http://www.censusfinder.com/mapri.htm Rhode Island County Map]
*[http://www.censusfinder.com/mapri.htm Rhode Island County Map]


*Other printable maps are also available from the [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.html National Atlas of the United States]
*Other printable maps are also available from the [http://nationalatlas.gov/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.


*[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.


{{Place|Rhode Island}}  
{{Place|Rhode Island}}  


[[Category:Rhode_Island|Maps]]
[[Category:Rhode_Island|Maps]]

Revision as of 19:52, 5 September 2010

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

  • A helpful atlas is Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, The Rhode Island Atlas (Providence: Rhode Island Publication Society, 1982; Family History Library FHL Collection
  • Atlases with Rhode Island maps for the years 1790, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1857, 1862, 1878, 1884, and 1917 are on Family History Library film 002083.