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The Kentucky Department of Commerce in Frankfort has a large collection of maps and atlases for the state. The Kentucky Historical Society and the University of Kentucky in Lexington also have good collections. Some maps and atlases for [[Kentucky]] include the following: | The Kentucky Department of Commerce in Frankfort has a large collection of maps and atlases for the state. The Kentucky Historical Society and the University of Kentucky in Lexington also have good collections. Some maps and atlases for [[Kentucky]] include the following: | ||
*''Kentucky: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York, NY: Charles Schribner’s Sons, 1995. (Family History Library | *''Kentucky: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. New York, NY: Charles Schribner’s Sons, 1995. (Family History Library {{FHL|773702|title-id|disp=book 976.9 E3k.}}) This volume contains maps of each county of Kentucky that trace the boundary changes that occurred. It is part of a project of the Newberry Library to create historic county atlases for each of the 48 states of the continental United States. | ||
*Puetz, C. J. ''Kentucky County Maps''. Lyndon Station, Wisconsin: County Maps, [1990?]. (Family History Library | *Puetz, C. J. ''Kentucky County Maps''. Lyndon Station, Wisconsin: County Maps, [1990?]. (Family History Library {{FHL|655754|title-id|disp=book Q 976.9 E7p.)}} This book contains detailed maps of each county with towns, roads, points of interest, and major rivers and creeks. | ||
*Rone, Wendell H. ''An Historical Atlas of Kentucky and Her Counties: Daviess County, 1815–1965''. Sesquicentennial ed. Owensboro, KY: Progress Printing , 1965. (Family History Library | *Rone, Wendell H. ''An Historical Atlas of Kentucky and Her Counties: Daviess County, 1815–1965''. Sesquicentennial ed. Owensboro, KY: Progress Printing , 1965. (Family History Library {{FHL|81229|title-id|disp=book 976.9 E7ro}}.) This atlas contains maps showing changes in county boundaries and charts showing the county name origins, formation dates, acreage, and population by census year. | ||
*''Streams of Kentucky''. [N.p.]: Kentucky Department of Commerce, 1973. (Family History Library | *''Streams of Kentucky''. [N.p.]: Kentucky Department of Commerce, 1973. (Family History Library {{FHL|976.9 E7s|disp=map 976.9 E7s}}.) This map shows major and minor waterways of Kentucky, with county boundaries and county seats, and can be used to help determine migration routes and settlement patterns in the state. | ||
*Mead, H.D. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/kentuckytennesse00mead Kentucky and Tennessee. A complete guide to their railroads, stations and distances, connections north and south; their rivers, landings]. ''Louisville, H.E. 1867. Free digital copy. | *Mead, H.D. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/kentuckytennesse00mead Kentucky and Tennessee. A complete guide to their railroads, stations and distances, connections north and south; their rivers, landings]. ''Louisville, H.E. 1867. Free digital copy. | ||
The Family History Library has city ward maps of Louisville for 1861, 1868, 1873, and 1882. These help with searches of the 1860 to 1880 censuses. | The Family History Library has city ward maps of Louisville for 1861, 1868, 1873, and 1882. These help with searches of the 1860 to 1880 censuses. | ||
*''Ward Maps of United States Cities: Microfilm Reproduction of 232 Maps Described in Ward Maps of United States Cities''. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, [1975?] (Family History Library | *''Ward Maps of United States Cities: Microfilm Reproduction of 232 Maps Described in Ward Maps of United States Cities''. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, [1975?] (Family History Library {{FHL|373717|title-id|disp=film 1377700; fiche 6016667–70}} [containing Louisville, Ky.].) | ||
[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. | ||