Maps of the South

Maps are essential when doing genealogical research. Maps can help determine:


 * Jurisdictions and boundaries
 * Geographical and physical features
 * Relationships between towns and counties

Use many sources to locate a map closest to the time period your ancestor lived in a certain location.

Here are some references and web sites to assist you in locating maps.

Southern Region

 * David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
 * Library of Congress Map Collection
 * Yale Univ Map Collection
 * NOAA Office of Coast Surveys
 * Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina

See also: United States Maps

Alabama

 * Alabama Maps
 * Alabama Maps-Perry Castaneda Library
 * Alabama Burned Counties
 * H.C. Hudgins &amp; Co., Railroad and County Map of Alabama, (Atlanta: H. C.Hudgins, [19--].)
 * Sara Elizabeth Mason, A List of the Nineteenth Century Maps of the State of Alabama, (Birmingham Public Library, 1973.)
 * W. Craig Remington and Thomas Kallsen, ed., Historical Atlas of Alabama, (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 1997.)
 * Peggy Tuck Sinko, comp., Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1996.)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas County Maps
 * Arkansas Maps-Perry Castanada Library
 * Arkansas State Archives-Maps
 * The Roads of Arkansas, (Fredericksburg, Texas: Shearer, 1990.)
 * Russell P. Baker, Arkansas Township Atlas, 1819-1930, (Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society, 2006.)
 * Richard M. Smith, The Atlas of Arkansas, (Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1989.)

Georgia

 * Georgia Department of Archives and History
 * Georgia Railway Map
 * Georgia Maps-Perry Castanada Library
 * Georgia Maps
 * Hargrett Collection - University of Georgia

Kentucky

 * Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer
 * Kentuckiana Digital Library
 * Filson Historical Society
 * Kentucky Historical Society Catalog

Mississippi

 * University of Mississippi-maps from 1900
 * Mississippi Department of Archives

North Carolina

 * North Carolina Maps, University of North Carolina
 * North Carolina Maps-Perry Castanada Library
 * North Carolina State Archives-Maps
 * North Carolina Counties