New York State Atlases

County Atlases

Posted June 17th, 2008 by Matt Knutzen

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A popular collection in the NYPL's Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, and one of my personal favorites, is the county atlas series, most of which was published following the passage of a federal law commemorating the centennial of the United States. We have recently digitized 43 atlases covering New York and New Jersey from our collection of more than 420 titles printed before 1900. See this page for a list of digital holdings from this series.

Their pages are filled not only with wonderfully detailed maps on the national, state, county, township and city level, but also with interesting, flat perspective engravings depicting local business districts, prominent estates and farms. Business directories sometimes accompany the map pages that, along with the drawings, provide a glimpse into local social and economic geography of the 19th century. They also give us an idea of who provided funding for the production of these subscription based publications.

State, County & City Atlases

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New Jersey Counties
Hyde, E.B. & Co., Atlas of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1873

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Monmouth co., New Jersey, 1873

Hyde, E.B. & Co., Atlas of Passaic County, New-Jersey, 1877

New York State
Burr, David H., An atlas of the state of New York, 1829

Burr, David H., An atlas of the state of New York, 1839, c1829

Burr, David H., Atlas of New York, 1838

Burr, David H., An atlas of the state of New York, 1841

Asher & Adams, New topographical atlas and gazetteer of New York, 1871

New York Counties

Beers, S.N. & D.G., New topographical atlas of the counties of Albany and Schenectady, New York, 1866

Everts, Ensign & Everts, Combination atlas map of Broome County, New York, 1876

Beers, F.W., County atlas of Cayuga, New York, 1875

Stewart, William, New topographical atlas of Chautauqua County, New York, 1867

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Chemung Co., New York, 1869

Nichols, Beach, Atlas of Chenango County, New York, 1875

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Clinton Co., New York, 1869

D. G. Beers & Co., Atlas of Columbia County, New York, 1873

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Delaware co., New York, 1869

Gray, W. and Son, New illustrated atlas of Dutchess County, New York, 1876

Stone & Stewart, New topographical atlas of Erie Co., New York, 1866

Beers, F.W., Illustrated historical atlas of Erie Co., New York, 1880

D. G. Beers & Co., Atlas of Franklin County, New York, 1876

Everts, Ensign & Everts, Combination atlas map of Genesee County, New York, 1876

Beers, S.N. & D.G., New topographical atlas of Jefferson Co., New York, 1864

Nichols, Beach, Atlas of Montgomery and Fulton counties, New York, 1868

Beers, D. G., Atlas of Madison County, New York, 1875

Beers, D. G. & Co., Atlas of Niagara and Orleans counties, New York, 1875

Stone, C. K., New topographical atlas of Oswego County, New York, 1867

Beers, F. W., Atlas of Otsego Co., New York, 1868

Beers, S. N., New topographical atlas of Saratoga Co., New York, 1866

Beers, S. N., New topographical atlas of Schoharie Co., New York, 1866

Beach, Nichols, Atlas of Schuyler County, New York, 1874

Beers, D. G. amp&; Co., Atlas of Steuben County, New York, 1873

Beers, S. N., New topographical atlas of St. Lawrence County, N.Y., 1865

Wendelken & Co., Atlas of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and south part of Brookhaven in Suffolk Co., 1888

Stone & Stewart, New topographical atlas of Tompkins County, New York, 1866

Hopkins, G. M. & Co., Atlas of the city of Utica, New York, 1883

Beers, D. G. & Co., Atlas of Wayne County, New York, 1874

J.B. Beers & Co., County atlas of Westchester, New York, 1872

New York State (City Atlases, non-NYC)

Hopkins, G.M., City atlas of Albany, New York, 1876

Hopkins, G.M., City atlas of Auburn, New York, 1882

Wendelken & Co., Atlas of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and south part of Brookhaven in Suffolk Co., 1888

Hopkins, G.M., Atlas of the City of Buffalo, Erie Co., 1872

M.S. Converse & Co., City atlas of Elmira, New York, 1876

Pidgeon, Roger H., Atlas of the City of Elmira, New York, 1896

Hopkins, G.M., City atlas of Oswego, New York, 1880

Beers, F.W. and Cramer, Louis H., Combination atlas of Saratoga and Ballston, 1876

Barton, William, Map of the city of Troy, West Troy and Green Island, N.Y., 1869

Hopkins, G.M., City atlas of Troy, New York, 1881

Hopkins, G.M., Atlas of the city of Utica, New York, 1883