Colorado Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Colorado political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
Colorado County Formation Map
Colorado Antique Maps & Atlases
See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique Atlases to view free map images of antique maps & atlases maps during the years 1732 to 1897 for the entire United States as well as other states and countries.
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see Colorado and Colorado counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Colorado maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Colorado.
Colorado County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Colorado Highway Department has prepared a series of county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
To View the Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution.
Colorado Map Description & Links
- Colorado Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Colorado Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers (ancestry.com) Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor’s hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
- Colorado Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Colorado Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Colorado Atlas of Panoramic Aerial Images
- GeoEye
- Colorado Maps (colorado-mapsite.com) Collection of Colorado Cities and other Colorado Maps. Features shaded relief and National Park Service Maps
- Colorado Congressional Districts (nationalatlas.gov)
- District 1 (pdf)
- District 2 (pdf)
- District 3 (pdf)
- District 4 (pdf)
- District 5 (pdf)
- District 6 (pdf)
- District 7 (pdf)
- Colorado DOT Bicycling Maps (dot.state.co.us) City and State maps, maps of passes, and climate information.
- Colorado Dept. of Transportation (dot.state.co.us) City, County, Statewide, Traffic Volume, and Travel Maps
- Colorado Judicial Districts
- Map of Colorado Counties (quickfacts.census.gov) Quick facts are accessed by clicking on map.
- Colorado Map Books (amazon.com)
