Historical Data and Maps
The following links point to online resources for historical data and map resources. More links and Library resources will be added in the future.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Sanborn maps covering the United States are available to researchers through the NC LIVE Web site. The collection includes 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities, with the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and compare maps from different years. Access through the NC LIVE website requires that your web browser is coming from an ncsu.edu domain or you have a valid NCSU login. The original TIFF images of the maps are saved on the Geodata server in /sanborn/nc/. For more information, see the Libraries' Sanborn Maps webpage.
Historic topographic map images
NCSU Libraries collection. Georeferenced maps of NC, 15-minute series. Dates range from early 1900's to 1950's.
NC Maps for Genealogy Research
County Formation Maps for NC, 1664-Present. Links to historical records and other states.
NC Historic County Boundaries
UNC doctoral research, GIS shapefiles for download of past boundary lines.
Carolina Places in Time
Many old maps for North and South Carolina, and especially the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area.
Tennessee Online Historic Topographic Maps
Ongoing project to scan and georeference topographic maps for online access.
The Library of Congress American Memory Project
Many map collections including National Parks, Railroads, Revolutionary War, and Civil War.
William P. Cumming Map Society
Website for a North Carolina based cartographic society. Links to maps from the 16th-19th centuries focussing on southern US and North Carolina.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Over 10,000 maps online focusing on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historical maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
National Historic GIS (NHGIS)
"...a project to create and freely disseminate a database incorporating all available aggregate census information for the United States between 1790 and 2000."
Historical Census Browser
University of Virginia supported site that contains population and economic Census data for 1790-1960 for US states and Counties.
County and City Data Books
Online access to electronic versions of the 1988, 1994 and 2000 County and City Data Books published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Primarily a ranking resource, a wide range of demographic, economic, political, and health topics are covered. Data are available for states, counties, cities, and places.
Maptech's Historic Topographic Map collection
Archive of old USGS topo maps for Northeastern US states.
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