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State, County & City Atlases
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.
New Jersey County Atlases
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 Atlases
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 County Atlases
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
New! Hyde, E.B. Atlas of Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., 1914
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
New! Hyde, E.B. Atlas of ... Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1915-1917
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
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
