Wisconsin Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because Wisconsin 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.
Wisconsin County Formation Map
Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin and Wisconsin counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Wisconsin maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Wisconsin.
- 1845 Iowa and Wisconsin Atlas Map
- 1845 Wisconsin Atlas Map, southern part
- 1856 Wisconsin Atlas Map. (with) Vicinity of Milwaukee
- 1866 Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin
- 1880 County and township map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin
- 1880 Plan of Milwaukee
Wisconsin County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps
The Wisconsin 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. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information:
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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.
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Wisconsin Map Description & Links
- Wisconsin Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Wisconsin 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.
- Wisconsin Maps (lib.utexas.edu) The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Historical Maps of Wisconsin (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Wisconsin Maps Description (ancestry.com) from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- Wisconsin USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library (usgwarchives.net)
- Wisconsin Map Books (amazon.com)
