Massachusetts Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts County Formation Map
(Massachusetts maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts and Massachusetts counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Massachusetts maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Massachusetts.
Disclaimer: All Massachusetts 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 New England Map
- 1776 Provinces of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island Atlas Map. (Southern section)
- 1776 Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire Map
- 1795 Map of Massachusetts
- 1804 Massachusetts Map
- 1814 Map of Massachusetts
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of Massachusetts
- 1827 Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
- 1836 Map Of Massachusetts And Rhode Island: (with) Boston
- 1845 Massachusetts and Rhode Island Map
- 1856 Massachusetts And Rhode Island. (with) Vicinity of Boston
- 1856 Map Of Boston And Adjacent Cities
- 1880 County and township map of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
- 1880 Plan of Boston. (with) Map of the country around Boston showing also its harbor and islands
Massachusetts Map Description & Links
- Massachusetts Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- Massachusetts 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.
- Massachusetts Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Massachusetts (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Massachusetts Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Historic USGS Maps of Massachusetts (docs.unh.edu)
- Old Maps of Massachusetts (old-maps.com)
- Massachusetts Map Books (amazon.com)
