New Jersey Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because New Jersey 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.
New Jersey County Formation Map
(New Jersey maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
New Jersey 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 New Jersey and New Jersey counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some New Jersey maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in New Jersey.
Disclaimer: All New Jersey 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 The Provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania
- 1795 Map of New Jersey
- 1804 New Jersey Atlas Map
- 1814 Atlas Map of New Jersey
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of New Jersey
- 1827 Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
- 1836 Atlas Map Of New Jersey
- 1845 New Jersey Map
- 1856 New Jersey Atlas Map
- 1880 County map of New Jersey. County map of Maryland and Delaware
- 1880 Plan of the city of Philadelphia and Camden
New Jersey Map Description & Links
- New Jersey Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- New Jersey 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.
- New Jersey Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of New Jersey (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- New Jersey Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Old Maps of New Jersey (old-maps.com)
- New Jersey Map Books (amazon.com)
