New York Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because New York 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 York County Formation Map
(New York maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
New York 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 York and New York counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some New York maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in New York.
Disclaimer: All New York 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 York; with part of Pensilvania
- 1795 Map of New York
- 1804 New York Atlas Map
- 1814 Atlas Map of New York
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of New York
- 1827 Map of the State of New York. (inset) Profile of the Levels of the Grand Erie Canal
- 1836 A New Atlas Map Of New York with its Canals, Roads & distances from Place to Place along the Stage & Steam-boat Routes
- 1845 New York Map
- 1845 New York Map and vicinity
- 1845 New York City Atlas Map
- 1856 Connecticut With Portions Of New York & Rhode Island Map
- 1856 New York. (with) two inset maps: Vicinity Of Niagara Falls, … New York Atlas Map
- 1856 Map Of New York And The Adjacent Cities Atlas Map. (with) Continuation Of The City & County Of New York On A Reduced Scale
- 1880 County map of the state of New York. (with) Buffalo. (with) Rochester. (with) West Troy, Troy. (with) Albany. (with) Harbor and vicinity of New York
- 1880 New York City and Brooklyn
New York Map Description & Links
- New York Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.org)
- New York 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 York 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 York (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- New York Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Old Maps of New York (old-maps.com)
- New York Map Books (amazon.com)
