Maps & Geographical Information
- Atlas of Historical County BoundariesThe resource is a project of the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry Library in Chicago. It is a reference work designed to provide information about the creation and boundary changes of every county in the United States, from the earliest county creation in the 1600s to 2000.
- Digital Sanborn Maps for Illinois This link opens in a new windowOn campus user: click on “Browse from ON campus” to access;
The Digital Sanborn Maps project provides online access to fire insurance maps for most cities and towns in Illinoisbetween 1867 and 1970. The maps contain information such as building footprint,construction materials,building use, and location of windows and doors, as well as street names, factory and buisness owner names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries,and house and block numbers. - Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowFeatures demographic research mapping tools that allow for demographic data analysis. The main goal is to visually display the demographic change that has occurd inthe U.S. since 1790 through present down to the county level.
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Geoff Morse
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Geoff Morse
Liaison for American Studies, History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies
Interim Head, Research Services
Room 2624
2nd floor, east tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300
phone: 847-467-1866
gmorse@northwestern.edu
For more library assistance please see the Library web site.
Liaison for American Studies, History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies
Interim Head, Research Services
Room 2624
2nd floor, east tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300
phone: 847-467-1866
gmorse@northwestern.edu
For more library assistance please see the Library web site.