{"id":1453,"date":"2014-05-25T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2014-05-25T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:56:08","slug":"free-historical-topo-maps-help-local-family-history-researchers-understand-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/free-historical-topo-maps-help-local-family-history-researchers-understand-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Historical Topo Maps Help Local &#038; Family History Researchers Understand the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for old maps on the Delmarva Peninsula, or anywhere in the\u00a0nation, be sure to check out U.S. Topo Maps.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Because the sheets are\u00a0regularly issued, they\u00a0are useful for tracing historical developments through time and for locating cemeteries, churches, roads, and other features.<\/p>\n<p>Products run to current times as updates are now issued every three years.\u00a0 And recently the U.S. Geological Survey announced that the newer\u00a0ones have a crisper, cleaning design, which enhances readability for online and for print use.\u00a0 This improvement process is ongoing but according to a press release redesigned sheets have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/article.asp?ID=3897&amp;from=rss&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=facebook#.U4FeLGEU85s\">been released for Maryland and Delaware<\/a>.\u00a0 All these resources are available for free download.<\/p>\n<p>The place to start is with the national map locator.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Dover\u2019s sheets begin in 1899, while those for Chesterton start in 1898.\u00a0 You should find similar results for your interests as you search the products.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.usgs.gov\/b2c_usgs\/usgs\/maplocator\/(xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&amp;layout=6_1_61_50_2&amp;uiarea=2&amp;ctype=areaDetails&amp;carea=0000000009)\/.do\">Check out the national map locator <\/a>and downloader as there are lots of digital products there to help you with your local and family history research.\u00a0\u00a0 For a broader collection of works beyond topo maps, don&#8217;t for get to visit <a href=\"www.oldmapsoline.org\">Old Maps Online<\/a>, another excellent source.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1454\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1454 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?resize=500%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2014-05-24_23-10-01\" width=\"500\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C504&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?resize=800%2C393&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?w=1889&amp;ssl=1 1889w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-10-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S.G.S. Map Locator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1455\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?resize=500%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Part of the 1931 map of the Middletown and Odessa area from the U.S. Geological Survey.\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?resize=800%2C400&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?w=1829&amp;ssl=1 1829w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2014-05-24_23-17-32.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the 1931 map of the Middletown and Odessa area from the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for old maps on the Delmarva Peninsula, or anywhere in the\u00a0nation, be sure to check out U.S. Topo Maps.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Because the sheets are\u00a0regularly issued, they\u00a0are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free Historical Topo Maps Help Local &amp; Family History Researchers Understand the Past - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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