Louisiana Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Louisiana 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.
Louisiana Parish Formation Map
(Louisiana maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
Louisiana 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 Louisiana and Louisiana counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Louisiana maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Louisiana.
Disclaimer: All Louisiana maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- 1776 Coast Of West Florida and Louisiana…with the Bahama Islands
- 1804 Louisiana Map
- 1814 Map of Louisiana
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Louisiana
- 1827 Map of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
- 1836 A New Atlas Map Of Louisiana With Its Canals, Roads & Distances from place to place, along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes (with) New Orleans
- 1845 Louisiana Map
- 1856 Louisiana Map
- 1856 City Of Louisville Kentucky. (with) The City Of New Orleans Louisiana Atlas Map
- 1866 Map of Louisiana
- 1880 County map of the states of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
- 1880 Plan of New Orleans
Louisiana Map Description & Links
- Louisiana Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Louisiana (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Louisiana Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Louisiana State Museum Map Database (lsm.crt.state.la.us)
- Louisiana Map Books (amazon.com)
