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Contents: Quick Reference | Maps & Atlases | Gazetteers | DELCAT Examples | More Information

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Quick Reference

New Castle County, Delaware Street Map Book. 13th ed. Alexandria, VA: ADC, 2005.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref G1268.N4 A33 2005) At Reference Desk

Delaware Highway Map.
Location: Morris Library - Reference -- at the Reference Desk

Delaware Highway Maps.
Location: Internet (http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/road_maps.htm)

Maps & Atlases

Delaware 7.5 Minute Quadrangles (Topographic Map Series). Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey.
Location: Morris Library - Maps (I 19.81:)

The U.S.G.S. 7.5 Minute topographic quadrangle map series uses a map scale of 1:24,000 (1 inch on the map represents 2,000 feet on the ground). These maps depict basic natural and cultural features of the landscape, such as lakes and streams, highways and railroads, boundaries, and geographic names. The Reference Room contains copies of the Delaware maps. Delaware is covered by 51 map sheets at this scale. Selected portions of some maps are available on the Internet from the University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Delaware Maps page.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia. Compiled by John H. Long. Edited by John H. Long. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref G1201 .F7 A8 1993 Del)

Atlas of New Castle County, Delaware: From Actual Surveys, Official Records and Private Plans. Philadelphia: G. Wm. Baist, 1893.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del G1268 .N4B34)

Beers, Daniel G. Atlas of the State of Delaware. Philadelphia: Pomeroy and Beers, 1868. Reprinted 1980.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref G1265 .B44 1980)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio+ G1265 .B44)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio+ G1265 .B44x 1868)
Location: Morris Library (Folio+ G1265 .B44 1980)
Location: Internet (http://www.dgs.udel.edu/publications/digitaldata/hundredmaps.aspx) Delaware Geological Survey

Large-scale maps of each hundred, including insets showing towns, as well as city maps. Property owners are indicated. The Internet version provides zipped TIFF images for downloading into a GIS program and PDF images for viewing.

Delaware County Formation Map.
Location: Internet (http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/de_cf.html)

Map from Northeastern Genealogy Online.

The Hundreds of Delaware.
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm)

Resource describing "hundreds" and their use. Includes a list of maps in various time periods.

Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. 5 vols. John H. Long, ed. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1984.
Location: Morris Library (G1201 .F7H353 1984)

Vol. 1 covers Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. See especially pp. 3-17 (Boundary history of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) and p. 29 (Delaware boundary chronology).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Delaware.
Location: Library Databases
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 3333)

Digital and microfilm copies of the detailed maps made by the Sanborn Map Company. The maps are of the commercial districts of many towns and cities, late 19th and early 20th centuries. The maps are done in great detail, down to individual buildings on specific streets. The maps were used by insurance companies to assess the risks of insuring certain buildings. The microfilm copies are black and white; in the original maps, the color coding represents the building material. There is a checklist of the Delaware maps in Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress. Original color copies are at the Historical Society of Delaware and the Library of Congress.

Thorndale, William. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref G1201 .F7 T5 1987)

The Wedge.
Location: Internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedge_(border))

Map and description of the small northwestern Delaware area once claimed by Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Wilson, Wilbur Thomas. Papers, 1829-1941.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Among the Papers are a number of maps of the Newark area. For a description, see A Catalog of Mr. Wilbur T. Wilson's Maps of Newark, Delaware, and Environs [Newark, DE, 1942], Special Collections (Del F174 .N4D45).

Gazetteers

Heck, L. W. Delaware Place Names. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 1245. Washington, DC: GPO, 1966.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F162 .U54)
Location: Morris Library - U.S. Documents (U.S. Doc I 19.3:1245)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F162 .U54)
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/internet/epubs/usgs.pdf)

Gives variant names, location in latitude and longitude, and origin of name, if known. Includes a map of "hundreds" 1875 to present.

Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Delaware. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 230. Washington, DC: GPO, 1904.
Location: Morris Library - U.S. Documents (U.S. Doc I 19.3:230)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F162 .G19)

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
Location: Internet (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/)

Useful for verifying place names and identifying the county where a place is located.

Kane, Joseph Nathan. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation and Organization, Area, Population Including 1980 Census Figures, Historical Data, and Published Sources. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E180 .K3 1983)
Location: Morris Library (E180 .K3 1983)

Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E154 .O45 1991)

The National Gazetteer of the United States of America: Delaware 1983. Geological Survey Professional Paper; 1200-DE. Washington, DC: GPO, 1984.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F162 .N37 1984)

DELCAT Examples

Browse by subject:		Search by keyword:
	maps--[name of state]		delaware and gazetteer
	atlases--[name of state]		delaware and history and map?
	[name of state]--historical geography
	Wilmington Del--Maps
	Mason-Dixon Line--History
	Delaware--Boundaries

More Information

Delaware Genealogical Research Guide. 3rd ed. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 2002.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F163 .D349 2002)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F163 .D349 2002)

The most important guide for doing genealogical research in Delaware. It covers specific types of records and where they can be found in the state. Edited by Thomas P. Doherty and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society (http://delgensoc.org). Includes list of place names, variants, and dates of origin.

Delaware Land Records. (University of Delaware Library).
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/land.htm)

Useful for finding some early detailed maps of land surveys in New Castle County.

Historic Map Collection: Delaware.
Location: Internet (http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/hist_map/list_4.htm#delaware)

The listing of Delaware historical maps in the Special Collections Department, Morris Library.

Historical Maps of Delaware. (University of Delaware Library).
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/maps/internet/delmaps.htm#HIST)

Moak, Jefferson M. Bibliography of Delaware and New Jersey Maps and Atlases. Philadelphia, PA: Chestnut Hill Almanac, 1987.
Location: Morris Library (Z6027 .U5 D45x 1987)

A listing of land ownership maps and atlases in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. Reference and Bibliography Section. Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress: Plans of North American Cities and Towns Produced by the Sanborn Map Company: A Checklist. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1981.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z6026 .I7 U54 1981)

Contains checklists of the dates and locations of maps in the Sanborn collection. Contains a checklist of the Delaware maps.

Nathan, Roger E. East of the Mason-Dixon Line: A History of the Delaware Boundaries. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Heritage Press, 2000.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .B7 N38x 2000)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .B7 N38x 2000)

Reference Department. University of Delaware Library. Vertical File: Delaware.
Location: Morris Library - Reference Room

See especially the folders: State of Delaware and History.

Picturing Delaware: Maps and Illustrations of the First State.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Z881 .N5 U7x 2001)
Location: Morris Library (F165 .U55x 2001)
Location: Internet (http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/del/index.htm)

The exhibition catalog and the exhibition web page from an exhibition by the Special Collections Department of the University of Delaware Library.

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