Texas Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Texas 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.
Texas 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 Texas and Texas counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Texas maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Texas.
Disclaimer: All Texas 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
- 1822 Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Atlas Map Of Mexico
- 1845 Mexico Atlas Map (with) Central America and Yucatan
- 1845 Texas Atlas Map
- 1845 A Atlas Map of the Indian Territory, northern Texas and New Mexico showing the great western prairies
- 1856 Texas Atlas Map. (with) two inset maps: Plan of Galveston Bay From the U.S. Coast Survey and Plan of Sabine Lake
- 1880 County map of the state of Texas. Showing also portions of the adjoining states and territories
Texas County Formation Map
(Texas maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
Texas Map Description & Links
- Texas Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Texas 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.
- Texas Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Texas (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Texas Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Map Collection of the Texas State Archives (tsl.state.tx.us)
- University of Texas at Austin and El Paso Map Collection (libraries.uta.edu)
- Southern Methodist University DeGrolyer Library Map Collection (smu.edu)
- Texas Map Books (amazon.com)
