Franklin Corners Historic District Mr Local History 1873 FW Beers Map
As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets. We often compare those historic maps to current maps. Then, we go on a journey to find that actual location today. Once in a while, we take our research and create maps to give perspective. #readytoremember.
| Princeton University New Jersey Map Collection 1666-1888 also University of Michigan Map Collection See the entire New Jersey Rutgers collection – Click Here | |
| Map Plan of the Operations of General Washington, against the King’s Troops in New Jersey, from the 26th of December 1776 to the 3rd of January 1777 It was drawn by William Faden, a noted British cartographer, and published in London shortly after these events during the American Revolutionary War. | |
| New Jersey – 1872 Single color | |
| New Jersey 1872 topographical map | |
| NEW JERSEY 1873 Color See more from the David Rumsey Map collection (Zoomable Maps) – Click Here | |
| New Jersey 1814 Color Map See the entire New Jersey Rutgers collection – Click Here | |
| Carey’s 1822 Geographical, Historical and Statistical State Map of New Jersey | |
| NEW JERSEY GEOLOGY – 1868 See the entire Rutgers collection – Click Here | |
| The Rochambeau March Map – 1782 See the entire New Jersey Rutgers collection – Click Here The Rochambeau New Jersey Collection – Click Here | |
| Morristown 1779 – Robert Erskine, F. R. S., the Surveyor-General of the Continental Army |
| 1888 – New Jersey Relief Map – The New Jersey Geological Survey “Historical Maps” page: “New Jersey Relief Map, 1888, 1889, 1892” — they note that the maps have been scanned in TIFF format – Various Maps in this collection. – NJ DEP Click Here | |
| Map Geeks | Collection of historic digital Maps of New Jersey Jeffery’s 1776 Map of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey with part of Pennsylvania Carey’s 1795 State Map of New Jersey Compiled from the most Authentic Information Arrowsmith’s 1804 State Map of New Jersey Carey’s 1814 State Map of New Jersey Carey’s 1822 Geographical, Historical and Statistical State Map of New Jersey Finley’s 1827 State Map of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Tanner’s 1836 State Map of New Jersey Colton’s 1856 State Map of New Jersey Mitchell’s 1880 State, County and Township Maps of New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware |
| 1873 – SOMERSET COUNTY FW Beers 1873 – HUNTERDON COUNTY FW Beers | |
| 1850 – SOMERSET COUNTY – – Contributor: Otley, J. W. – Keily, James – Smith, Robert Pearsall – Van Derveer, Lloyd | |
| 1850 – Somerset County – Color – Relief shown by hachures. Plan of Somerville. Includes names of property owners and 7 views. LC Land ownership maps are available also through the Library of Congress website as a raster image, and zooms in very well on the Library of Congress website. | |
| 1850 Map of Somerset County, New Jersey: entirely from original surveys- Published by Lloyd Van Derveer, surveyor, 1850. Zooms in well. Used for Coffee House in Madisonville section of Basking Ridge. | |
| 1766 – Plan of Somerset County in the province of New Jersey: Copied from the original by Lieut. I. Hills, asst. engr. / surveyed by Benjamin Morgan. | |
| 1781 – Somerset County Survey – John Hills (Surveyor) Benjamin Morgan (Draftsman) | |
| 1935 Bridle Path Map of Somerset and Morris Counties | |
| 1940 Picture Map of Somerset County, New Jersey |
| John Smith Map Collection (Historic Recreations) List of Available Maps covering areas from 1700-1900, including: Somerset Hills, Bernards Township, Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Bedminster, Pluckemin, Bernardsville, including Bernardsville Center, and more. Click Here for Information |
| 1873- BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP | |
| Bedminster Township Landholders, 1766 -1766 map of Somerset County, NJ, by Benjamin Morgan and I. Hills |
We love studying the history of New Jersey food – diners, sandwiches, bars, and more.
| Mapping New Jersey’s Most Iconic Diners | |
| Jersey Comfort Food – Mapping The Best of the Best! | |
| Finding New Jersey’s Giant Pizzas | |
| Distillers in New Jersey Map – Tell us when a new distillery fires up. | |
| The Only Map of New Jersey Dive Bars | |
| Jersey’s History with Bar Room Shuffleboard |
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