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=== Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps) === | === Fire insurance maps (Sanborn maps) === | ||
{{Wikipedia|Sanborn Maps}} | {{Wikipedia|Sanborn Maps}} | ||
The Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. | The Sanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability in urbanized areas in the United States. These maps include detailed information regarding town and building information in approximately 12,000 U.S. towns and cities from 1867 to 2007. There are several online collections of these maps with over 6000 sheets are online in the following states: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OH, PA, TX, VA, VT, WY and Canada, Mexico, Cuba sugar warehouses, and U.S. whiskey warehouses. | ||
Each set of maps represented each built structure in those districts, its use, dimensions, height, building material, and other relevant features (fire alarms, water mains and hydrants, for example). The intervals between new map editions for a given town or city in the early decades of the twentieth century varied according to the pace and scale of urban growth — from a few years to more than five years. In all, Sanborn produced 50,000 editions comprising some 700,000 individual map pages. | Each set of maps represented each built structure in those districts, its use, dimensions, height, building material, and other relevant features (fire alarms, water mains and hydrants, for example). The intervals between new map editions for a given town or city in the early decades of the twentieth century varied according to the pace and scale of urban growth — from a few years to more than five years. In all, Sanborn produced 50,000 editions comprising some 700,000 individual map pages. | ||
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*[http://libguides.uky.edu/content.php?pid=52957&sid=388968 University of Kentucky Libraries, Sanborn Maps] | *[http://libguides.uky.edu/content.php?pid=52957&sid=388968 University of Kentucky Libraries, Sanborn Maps] | ||
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/sanborn.html North Carolina Maps] | *[http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/sanborn.html North Carolina Maps] | ||
*[http://sanborn.umi.com/ Sanborn maps] ($) 1867-1970 have been digitized. This collection has more than 660,000 maps of 12,000+ cities and towns, and includes a [http://sanborn.umi.com/HelpFiles/key.html map key]. | |||
*Some Sanborn maps are also available in the Websites listed in the Atlases section in this page, as well as on some sites listed at [http://www.maphistory.info/imageus.html Images of Early Maps on the Web] (free) by Maphistory.info. | |||
You may wish to search for the term "sanborn maps" plus your location of interest. | You may wish to search for the term "sanborn maps" plus your location of interest. | ||
=== Land ownership (cadastral) maps and plat books === | === Land ownership (cadastral) maps and plat books === | ||