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• Maps of Maine from MapofUS.org. Includes boundary changes map.
• Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Many historical maps of Maine are available online. The following sites have online collections:

University of Texas - Maine maps

• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress

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.

The University of Maine in Orono, the Maine Historical Society, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick have large collections of maps and atlases. The Bangor Public Library is also a good source of maps.

The FamilySearch Library has a few individual maps of Maine. These often show the locations of towns, rivers, roads, townships, and county boundaries. A few of the Maine maps in the FamilySearch Library's collection are:

Carleton, Osgood. A Map of the District of Maine. N.p., N.d. Reprint. Originally published 1793. (FamilySearch Library map case 974.1 E7c). This also includes a map containing the location of areas with the most Indian problems.

Greenleaf, Moses. Map Exhibiting the Principal Original Grants and Sales of Lands in the State of Maine. Ellsworth, Maine: Ellsworth American, 1977. (FamilySearch Library map case 974.1 E7g).

Maine County Subdivisions, Towns, Plantations, Unorganized Territories, and Places. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. (FamilySearch Library map case 974.1 E7mc).

For individual locality map information, see the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under MAINE, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - MAPS.

Websites

• University of Maine

• Maine Historical Society

• Bowdoin Library

• Bangor Public Library

• David Rumsey Map Collection for Maine contains a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.

Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States