| VA State Facts |
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| Colony: 1607–1776 |
| Statehood: Jun 25, 1788 |
| Counties: 95 |
| Ind Cities: 39 |
| Borders: KY, MD, NC, TN, WV and DC |
| VA Resources |
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| VA Land Ownership Maps |
| VA Maps & Atlases |
| VA Birth, Marriage & Deaths |
VA Military Databases
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| VA Record Collections |
| VA Historical Newspapers
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Maps of Virginia are a great resource to help learn about a place at a particular point in time. Old Virginia maps are effective sources of geographical information and useful for historical, genealogical and territorial research.
Our collection of Virginia maps includes many different historic and modern types of maps. In the 1500’s the first maps of Virginia were made. More and more maps, gazetteers, and atlases have been created over the years since then.
The maps date from the 16th century to the present and include:
- Virginia Township maps, including maps showing the progress of the original government surveys
- Virginia Road, Highway and railroad maps
- Virginia Maps showing the state’s geological features
- Virginia Nautical charts
- Virginia timeline of county boundaries changes
- Virginia Military maps
- Virginia Maps of specific towns, counties, islands, harbors, and bodies of water
- Colonial era maps of Virginia
- Bird’s eye views of Virginia cities and towns
Historical Maps of Virginia are a great resource to help learn about a place at a particular point in time. Virginia Maps are vital historical evidence but must be interpreted cautiously and carefully.
The Library of Virginia collection consists of in excess of 40,000 maps and is also managed online and also also links to the Map Collection Index.
See also Using the Map Collection in the Archives of The Library of Virginia.
The number of easily available maps of Virginia is rather lengthy. Maps displaying watercourses are essential for tracking down land grants and property referred to in deeds. Pinpointing no longer used place-names furthermore troubles researchers.
Old Historical Atlas Maps of Virginia
This Historical Virginia Map Collection are from original copies. Most historical maps of Virginia were published in atlases and spans over 400 years of growth for the state.
Some Virginia maps years have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines, and other features useful to the Virginia researcher.
Map of Virginia County Formations 1617-1995
This Interactive Map of Virginia Counties show the historical boundaries, names, organization, and attachments of every county, extinct county and unsuccessful county proposal from the creation of the Virginia territory in 1617 to 1995.
Virginia County Maps of Road and Highway’s
The Virginia D.O.T. Highway Department has prepared a series of county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps.
In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. These Virginia maps are Free to downloade are in PDF format.
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External Virginia Map Resources
- Old Historical Maps of Virginia (alabamamaps.ua.edu)
- Virginia Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers (ancestry.com)
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (ancestry.com)
- Library of Congress Virginia Map Collections (loc.gov)
- Virginia Antique Maps and Historical Atlases (historicmapworks.com)
- Old Maps of Virginia (old-maps.com)
- Virginia Antique Maps and Historical Atlases (historicmapworks.com)
- Historical Virginia State Maps (mapsofthepast.com)
- Antique Maps of Virginia (raremaps.com)
- Virginia Map Books (amazon.com)