Maps of the South

Maps are essential when doing genealogical research. Maps can help determine:

• Jurisdictions and boundaries
• Geographical and physical features
• Relationships between towns and counties

Use many sources to locate a map closest to the time period your ancestor lived in a certain location.

Here are some references and web sites to assist you in locating maps.

Southern Region

• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
• Library of Congress Map Collection
• Yale Univ Map Collection
• NOAA Office of Coast Surveys
• Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina

See also: United States Maps

Alabama

• Alabama Maps
• Alabama Maps-Perry Castaneda Library
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Alabama counties
• H.C. Hudgins & Co., Railroad and County Map of Alabama, (Atlanta: H. C. Hudgins, [19--].)
• Sara Elizabeth Mason, A List of the Nineteenth Century Maps of the State of Alabama, (Birmingham Public Library, 1973.)
• W. Craig Remington and Thomas Kallsen, ed., Historical Atlas of Alabama, (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 1997.)
• Peggy Tuck Sinko, comp., Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1996.)

Arkansas

• Arkansas County Maps
• Arkansas Maps-Perry Castanada Library
• Arkansas State Archives-Maps
• The Roads of Arkansas, (Fredericksburg, Texas: Shearer, 1990.)
• Russell P. Baker, Arkansas Township Atlas, 1819-1930, (Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society, 2006.)
• Richard M. Smith, The Atlas of Arkansas, (Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1989.)

Georgia

• Georgia Department of Archives and History
• Georgia Railway Map
• Georgia Maps-Perry Castanada Library
• Georgia Maps
• Hargrett Collection - University of Georgia

Kentucky

• Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer
• Kentuckiana Digital Library
• Filson Historical Society
• Kentucky Historical Society Catalogs

Mississippi

• University of Mississippi-maps from 1900
• Mississippi Department of Archives

North Carolina

• North Carolina Maps, University of North Carolina
• North Carolina Maps-Perry Castanada Library
• North Carolina State Archives-Maps
• North Carolina Counties

See also

United States Maps | Rural Records of the Southern United States