Georgia Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Georgia 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.
Georgia 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 Georgia and Georgia counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Georgia maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Georgia.
- 1795 Map of Georgia Map
- 1804 Georgia Atlas Map
- 1814 Atlas Map of Georgia
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of Georgia
- 1827 Map of North and South Carolina, and Georgia
- 1836 Map Of Georgia With Its Roads & Distances
- 1845 Georgia Atlas Map
- 1856 Georgia Atlas Map
- 1856 The City Of Savannah Georgia (with) The City of Charleston South Carolina Atlas Maps
- 1880 County map of the states of Georgia and Alabama (with) Savannah, Georgia. (with) City of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia
Georgia County Formation Map
Georgia County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Georgia 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.
Georgia Map Description & Links
- Georgia Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Georgia 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.
- Georgia Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- District Plats of Survey (sos.state.ga.us) Original surveys of land districts in counties made prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833, plus resurveys or renewed surveys of districts. These records are from Record Group 003-03-024, Surveyor General — Survey Records — District Plats of Survey.
- Historic Maps (sos.state.ga.us) The Historic Map File consists of maps focusing on Georgia collected by the Office of Surveyor General. They include maps of the State of Georgia, Georgia towns, and of the southeastern United States, dating from the 1740s. In addition to illustrating Georgia’s growth, the maps show how the state’s boundaries have changed over the years.
- County Maps (sos.state.ga.us) The County Map File consists of maps of Georgia’s 161 (now 159) counties collected by the Office of Surveyor General. Many of the maps in this collection were produced under the direction of the state between 1866 – 1935, including those created by Acts of the General Assembly and the State Highway Department; some maps were created in conjunction with the United States Post Office Department and the Department of Agriculture. The several types of county maps show cities, towns, roads and highways, watercourses, and other geographic and topographic features.
- Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909 (sos.state.ga.us) Original plats of survey for headright and bounty land plats. The documents in this collection are from RG 3-3-26, Surveyor General – Headright and Lottery Loose Plat File.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Georgia (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Georgia Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Map of Colonial Georgia, 1773–1777 (georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu)
- University of Georgia Rare Map Collection (libs.uga.edu)
- University of Alabama Historic Map Archive (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Georgia Map Books (amazon.com)
