Finding historical county boundaries in the USA

[martha]

I received this message from the ScoutReport a couple of days ago. I thought it might help out some of you.

I quote:

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp

So you'd like to know the boundaries of Washington's King County in the
early 20th century? Or perhaps you'd like to know more about the shape of
Nassau County in New York back in the 19th century? The Atlas of Historical
County Boundaries can provide you such details. The project is housed at
the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at The
Newberry Library in Chicago and it was completed in 2010. The Atlas
includes such features as all boundary changes in states and countries,
non-county areas, separate map or polygon files for every different county
configuration, and other helpful features. Users can get started by
clicking on different states of interest and just exploring as they see
fit. It's also useful to read over the Using the Atlas area for additional
assistance. Finally, visitors can also look at the Publications section for
more information on the source material for these county boundaries.

Martha

[kmgenealogy]

Re: Finding historical county boundaries in the USA

WOW! These are wonderful! Great that you can download the states you want! Thanks so much Martha!