Maryland Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Maryland 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.
Maryland County Formation Map
Maryland 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 Maryland and Maryland counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Maryland maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Maryland.
- 1856 Nebraska And Kanzas Atlas Map
- 1866 Map Showing the progress of the Public surveys in Maryland and Nebraska
- 1880 County & township map of the states of Maryland and Nebraska
Maryland County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Maryland Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. 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. The statewide Grid Maps show all public road systems and other features at the scale of 1″ = 1000′. They cover all interstate, US, and state highways; all county, local, and municipal roads; some private and US Government roads; other transportation systems, such as rail, air, and seaports; reservations and other public lands; political boundaries; drainage and streams; large open bodies of water; and some public buildings, such as post offices, courthouses, etc.
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.
Maryland Town Maps
Please Note: The Town Maps range in file size from 109kb to10.3MB; as such, the file for the Town Map that you select may take a few minutes to display fully, please be patient while the file downloads.
The Town Maps on this page are for Maryland’s incorporated towns only. An incorporated town has its own government and defined municipal boundaries. Most commonly, towns are incorporated by acts of the Maryland General Assembly, although sometimes towns are incorporated by referendum.
To view, download, or print PDF files, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. Click a town’s link to display its map. Note: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Howard County have no incorporated towns.
Maryland Map Description & Links
- Maryland Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Maryland 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.
- Maryland Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Maryland (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Maryland Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Maryland USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- University Libraries Maryland Map Collection (lib.umd.edu)
- The Huntingfield Map Collection (msa.md.gov)
- Maryland Map Books (amazon.com)
