Ohio Maps

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Ohio Maps
Several types of maps are useful for genealogists. Some maps give historical background of the area or show migration routes, such as roads, rivers, and railroads. Topographical, Plat, Land ownership maps plus many others are described on the Maps page. Many maps are in published atlases.


 * Extensive collections of Ohio maps can be found at the Ohio Historical Society, Kent State University, and other large university and public libraries.

City Ward Maps

 * State Atlases include ward maps.
 * Ward Maps of United States Cities

County Atlases and Boundaries

 * For a map of Ohio divided into counties click here.
 * Historic Maps of Akron & Summit County, Ohio has a combination of atlas', personal examinations and survey's 1874, also illustrated Summit County, Ohio 1891 maps.

Published guides

 * Several guides to the history of Ohio's counties and boundary changes have also been published.
 * ''Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980 offers an excellent collection of state maps, showing when and where each county changed boundaries.
 * Jurisdictional Histories for Ohio’s Eighty-Eight Counties, 1788-1985 is a valuable guide to Ohio's counties in jurisdictional histories.

Historical Maps and Atlases

 * The David Rumsey Map Collection contains an extensive collection of 229 historical atlases, maps, and other antique cartographic treasures.
 * The Family History Library has maps dating from the Revolutionary War era and the earliest land subdivisions to present-day county highway maps. These include historical atlases, mostly published in the 1870s, from 60 counties. Atlases are available covering the era fo 1673 to 1783
 * Sanborn Maps provide detailed towns and cities from 1867 to 1970.

Land Ownership Maps

 * Landowner maps are especially valuable. These maps show the lands of a county, with the names of the owners written on them. Most of these maps date between 1860 to 1900. There is a checklist of 19th-century United States county maps in the Library of Congress. This checklist records 1,449 United States county land ownership maps, 69 of which are Ohio counties.

The Family History Library
Maps are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

OHIO - MAPS

OHIO, [COUNTY] - MAPS

OHIO, [COUNTY], [CITY] - MAPS

Web Sites

 * Ohio sectioned off into counties.
 * Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States.
 * Sanborn Maps
 * The USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library