Washington Historical Map Collection

Maps add a visual element to history. The State Archives and the State Library hold extensive map collections dealing with the Washington State and the surrounding region. Maps for this digital collection will be drawn from state and territorial government records, historic books, federal documents and the Northwest collection.

www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/maps/maps.aspx

American Ancestry Maps

Density profile maps by race and ethnicity. Part of a Wikipedia article.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_American_ancestries

Census Finder

A Directory of Free Census Records including county maps, some with township maps, plat books and/or atlases, as well as links to other map sites.

www.censusfinder.com

David Rumsey Map Collection

22,000 maps focusing on 18th and 19th century North American maps.

www.davidrumsey.com

Geographic Names Information System

Search for all the United States features using basic or complex search fields.

geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic

Global Gazeteer

www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html

Historic Maps on the Web

Images of early maps on the web arranged geographically.

www.maphistory.info/webimages.html

Map Collections in the Library of Congress

Site for searching and browsing through historic maps, birds-eye drawings, with orderable reporductions.

lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml

NOAA Historical Map and Chart Project

Now part of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), the Office of Coast Survey was founded in 1807. Their collection includes more than 21,000 charts and maps dated between 1747 and 2001. They are in the public domain and available as free downloads.

historicalcharts.noaa.gov

Perry-Castaneda Library University of Texas

The Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) Map Collection website is archived as of 2021 and no longer being updated. Links to external sites may no longer work as expected. Please visit the Texas GeoData portal and Collections portal for map files and the UTL Map Collections LibGuide for additional information.

www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html

Street Map of Contemporary Europe

Enter the city and country in the search boxes to find current locations.

www.viamichelin.com/web/Maps