New Jersey Maps

Collections of New Jersey maps and atlases are available at numerous public and university libraries and historical societies. The New Jersey Historical Society has a large collection of more than 2,000 maps, and the state library has several hundred maps and atlases from the seventeenth century to the present.

The Family History Library has atlases of most New Jersey counties. A collection of 10 statewide maps from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries is found in:

Skemer, Don C., Compiler. New Jersey Historic Map Portfolio. Florham Park, New Jersey: Afton Publishing, 1983. (FHL book 974.9 E7n.)

For information and maps concerning New Jersey's changing state, county, township, and city boundaries, use:

Long, John H., Compiler. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Volume 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1984. (FHL 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426.) Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.

Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968. Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. (FHL book 974.9 E2s.)

Some ward maps that can help you use the U.S. censuses are:

Newark
The Land Ownership Maps collection, compiled by the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., 1983, contains 28 maps for New Jersey counties showing the names of landowners and the location of their property. The New Jersey maps are on FHL fiche 6079674-706. Most date from 1841 to 1877, but there are two 1766 maps for Somerset and Middlesex counties. Descriptions of each map are found in:

Stephenson, Richard W. Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FHL book 973 A3loc; fiche 6048262.)

7.5-, 15-, and 30-minute topographic quadrangle maps of New Jersey, published between 1884 and 1972, are in a collection of maps produced by the United States Geological Survey, Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File (Suitland, Maryland: National Archives and Records Service, 1978). The maps are arranged alphabetically by the name of the quadrangle:


 * Adelphia-Dinnisville (FHL film 1433812)
 * New Brunswick-Wilmington (FHL film 1433813)

To get the names of the quadrangles, use:

Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog. Neenah, Wisconsin: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. (FHL Atlas 970 E72of.)

Topographic maps and a free index map can be ordered from:

U. S. Department of Interior Geological Survey 507 National Center Reston, VA 20192 Telephone: 800-USA-MAPS or 703-648-6045 Internet: http://www.usgs.gov/

Free maps of individual counties can be ordered from local tourist bureaus and chambers of commerce or from:

New Jersey Travel and Tourism New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth &amp; Tourism Commission P.O. Box 820 Trenton, NJ 08625-0820 Telephone: 800-VISITNJ Internet: http://www.state.nj.us/travel/

Commercial maps of New Jersey cities can be purchased from:

Geographia Map Company 231 Hackensack Plank Road Weehawken, NJ 07087 Telephone: 201-863-3866 Fax: 201-863-5977 Internet: http://macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=572500

Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 46-35 54th Road Maspeth, NY 11378 Telephone: 718-784-0055 Fax: 718-784-1216 Internet: http://www.hagstrommap.com/catalog/index.php

Web Sites
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm

Printable maps are also available from the National Atlas of the United States -- http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.html