If you are looking for old maps on the Delmarva Peninsula, or anywhere in the nation, be sure to check out U.S. Topo Maps. These valuable research tools show physical and cultural features of the landscape and contours of the land, beginning in the 1880s when the topographic program began. Because the sheets are regularly issued, they are useful for tracing historical developments through time and for locating cemeteries, churches, roads, and other features.
Products run to current times as updates are now issued every three years. And recently the U.S. Geological Survey announced that the newer ones have a crisper, cleaning design, which enhances readability for online and for print use. This improvement process is ongoing but according to a press release redesigned sheets have been released for Maryland and Delaware. All these resources are available for free download.
The place to start is with the national map locator. On that site, a search for Wilmington, Delaware indicates that there is a cluster of over 20 products, starting in 1905 and running to the present. Dover’s sheets begin in 1899, while those for Chesterton start in 1898. You should find similar results for your interests as you search the products.
Check out the national map locator and downloader as there are lots of digital products there to help you with your local and family history research. For a broader collection of works beyond topo maps, don’t for get to visit Old Maps Online, another excellent source.
Hi Mik`e, I was wondering if you could possibley help me with locating an article from 1979. The cecilton National Bank was robbed and I was a deputy with the sheriffs office then. I caught the guy who turned out to be around 80 years old and he use to own the fish market in northeast Md. It seemed that he wa son the board of directors of the bank and he was worred about it being robbed. The other people on the board thought he was crazy so he robbed the bank to show them it could be done. I recovered the money which was $25,000, the plastic gun and his out fit. I just want to show my grand childfen what there Pop Pop used to do. In the article it shows me getting him out of the patrol car. If you can, could you please send it to my email, rscpl2000 at yahoo.com
I hope you can help me,
Thanksm, charles roach
Charlie, I think we can find that for you and I think I remember it too. Was that the one that off duty Special Deputy Harry Letner jumped in a car on his used car lot in Cecilton and chased until the deputies got down there from Elkton? Or perhaps, that’s another one I’m recalling. I’ll look that up this week and get back to you.