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*History: United States: Maps/GIS

Historical Maps Online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 This link opens in a new window
Detailed maps of over 100 Tennessee towns and cities, 19th and 20th centuries. Also see the Library of Congress digital collection of Sanborn maps.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Library of Congress)
This collection of Sanborn maps in color documents the development of towns in selected states in the late 19th century to 1922.
Knoxville Sanborn Maps
Digital versions (in color) of the four earliest sets of Knoxville maps - 1884, 1890, 1903, and 1917.

Historical GIS (Geographic Information Systems): Selected Projects

Historical GIS Projects and Programs
Tennessee Civil War GIS Project
This interactive site shows hundreds of locations where Civil War battles and engagements took place.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Online mapping tool for demography and historical census data.
Download or create interactive maps and tables using 220 years of demographic data with over 20,000 socio-economic indicators between 1790 and the present. Includes all decennial censuses, American Community Surveys, and two religion surveys.

Featured Books

Guide to U. S. Map Resources by Christopher J. J. Thiry (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005
The Historical Atlas of American Crime by Fred Rosen
Publication Date: 2005
Historical Atlas of the American West: With Original Maps by Derek Hayes
Publication Date: 2009