Pennsylvania County Maps and Atlases

County road maps are available in most if not all courthouses. Older maps are published in county histories, county atlases, and in manuscript collections such as at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the state library, the Free Library of Pennsylvania (Logan Square, Philadelphia, 19103), the Carnegie Library at Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania State Archives. For the latter see Martha L. Simonetti, comp., Descriptive List of the Map Collection in the Pennsylvania State Archives, edited by Donald H. Kent and Harry E. Whipkey (Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1976), and online at <www.phmc.state.pa.us>. Useful city maps can sometimes be found in city directories. An interesting map showing the development of the Commonwealth’s counties is available for a nominal fee from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Publication Sales Program, 400 N. St., Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053.

See also Henry F. Walling and O. W. Gray, 1872 Historical Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania (1872; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977), which has business directories and a place-name index. A wonderful publication, The Atlas of Pennsylvania, edited by David J. Cuff and others (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989), goes beyond its maps in providing a “geographical encyclopedia.”

Available at the state archives (with copies at the state library and the respective county recorders of deeds) are warrantee maps for twenty-four counties. Those for Fayette, Greene, and Washington were also published and indexed in volume 3 of The Horn Papers by W. F. Horn (New York: Hagstrom Co., 1945), but the preceding two volumes of text are mostly fiction (see William & Mary Quarterly, series three, 4 [1947]: 409-451). Allegheny County Warrantee Atlas was published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society (Pittsburgh, 1982; reprint 2003).

Rotating Formation Pennsylvania Boundary County Maps

(Maps made with the use AniMap Plus County Boundary Historical AniMap 3.0 and with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)

County Formation years
1673	1674	1678	1680	1681	1682	1687	1704	1729	1749	1750	1751	1752	1771	1772
1773	1774	1775	1776	1779	1781	1782	1783	1784	1785	1786	1787	1788	1789	1792
1795	1796	1798	1800	1802	1803	1804	1805	1806	1807	1808	1810	1811	1812	1813
1814	1815	1816	1818	1819	1820	1821	1822	1823	1826	1830	1831	1834	1835	1836
1839	1840	1843	1845	1846	1847	1848	1849	1850	1853	1854	1855	1857	1860	1861
1865	1866	1867	1868	1870	1878

Map Abbreviations
unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ad - Adams Al - Allegheny Ar - Armstrong Bea - Beaver Bed - Bedford Ber - Berks Bl - Blair	Br - Bradford Buc - Bucks But - Butler Car - Carbon Cbr - Cambria Cen - Centre Ch - Chester Cla - Clarion Cle - Clearfield Cli - Clinton Co - Columbia Cr - Crawford Crn - Cameron Cu - Cumberland Da - Dauphin	De - Delaware Elk - Elk Er - Erie Fa - Fayette Fo - Forest Fr - Franklin Fu - Fulton Gr - Greene Hu - Huntingdon In - Indiana Je - Jefferson Ju - Juniata Lac - Lackawanna Lan - Lancaster Law - Lawrence	Leb - Lebanon Leh - Lehigh Lu - Luzerne Ly - Lycoming McK - McKean Me - Mercer Mi - Mifflin Mro - Monroe Mtr - Montour Mty - Montgomery Nhn - Northampton Nud - Northumberland Pe - Perry Ph - Philadelphia Pi - Pike	Po - Potter Sc - Schuylkill Sn - Snyder So - Somerset Sul - Sullivan Sus - Susquehanna Ti - Tioga Un - Union Ve - Venango War - Warren Was - Washington Way - Wayne We - Westmoreland Wy - Wyoming Yor - York

Pennsylvania County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

PLEASE READ!! These maps are downloadable and are in PDF format. The main use of these are the locations of all known cemeteries in a county and of course the various roads and church locations

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Adams 1916, 1941, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Allegheny 1950(1), 1950(2), 1964(1), 1964(2), 1964(3), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1976(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1991(3), 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Armstrong 1911, 1941, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2002
Beaver 1916, 1926, 1941, 1961, 1974, 1987, 1991, 2002, 2005
Bedford 1938, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
Berks 1915, 1926, 1953(1), 1953(2), 1953(3), 1966(1), 1966(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Blair 1915, 1941, 1962, 1975, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004
Bradford 1911, 1930, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1964, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
Bucks 1912, 1945, 1946, 1950(1), 1950(2), 1971(1), 1971(2), 1971(3), 1986(2), 1986(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2002, 2005
Butler 1941, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005
Cambria 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1975(1), 1975(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
Cameron 1914, 1941, 1958, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2004
Carbon 1916, 1941, 1961, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2004
Centre 1931, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 1999(1), 1999(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2004(1), 2004(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
Chester 1923, 1931, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1959(1), 1959(2), 1978(1), 1978(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1995, 2000, 2003
Clarion 1912, 1941, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
Clearfield 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1997(1), 1997(2), 2002(1), 2002(2)
Clinton 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002
Columbia 1914, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 2003, 2004
Crawford 1912, 1926, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1954(1), 1954(2), 1967(1), 1967(2), 1982(1), 1982(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2003(1), 2003(2), 2004(1), 2004(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
Cumberland 1914, 1941, 1956(1), 1956(2), 1966(1), 1966(2), 1974(1), 1974(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
Dauphin 1926, 1941, 1964(1), 1964(2), 1972(1), 1972(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004
Delaware 1912, 1923, 1950(1), 1950(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1996, 2004
Elk 1914, 1941, 1954, 1967, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2004
Erie 1912, 1923, 1941, 1954, 1968, 1978(1), 1978(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 2002, 2004
Fayette 1941(1), 1941(2), 1958(1), 1958(2), 1971(1), 1971(2), 1984(1), 1984(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004
Forest 1914, 1941, 1954, 1971, 1983, 1991, 2002, 2004
Franklin 1914, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1991, 1997, 2004
Fulton 1912, 1941, 1964, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004
Greene 1953, 1967, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004
Huntingdon 1915, 1941, 1963, 1980, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2004
Indiana 1916, 1941, 1961, 1978, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2005
Jefferson 1930, 1941, 1963, 1972, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
Juniata 1912, 1941, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Lackawanna 1923, 1953, 1966, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
Lancaster 1912, 1923, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1962(1), 1962(2), 1972(1), 1972(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005
Lawrence 1930, 1941, 1958, 1974, 1990, 1998, 2003, 2005
Lebanon 1914, 1946, 1960, 1969, 1986(1), 1986(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1997, 2002, 2005
Lehigh 1915, 1941, 1960, 1974(1), 1974(2), 1985(1), 1985(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
Luzerne 1959(1), 1959(2), 1969(1), 1969(2), 1980(1), 1980(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995(1), 1995(2), 1997, 2003, 2004
Lycoming 1916, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1961(1), 1961(2), 1974(1), 1974(2), 1985(1), 1985(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
McKean 1915, 1941, 1953, 1967, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002
Mercer 1941, 1954, 1971(1), 1971(2), 1987, 1990, 1997, 2004
Mifflin 1915, 1941, 1965, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Monroe 1915, 1941, 1961, 1972, 1983, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004
Montgomery 1912, 1923, 1945(1), 1945(2), 1950(1), 1950(2), 1950(3), 1967(1), 1967(2), 1978(1), 1978(2), 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004
Montour 1915, 1941, 1966, 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
Northampton 1914, 1941, 1961, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005
Northumberland 1923, 1941, 1960, 1969, 1978(1), 1978(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1996, 2003, 2004
Perry 1912, 1941, 1960, 1969, 1981, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005
Philadelphia 1999(1), 1999(2), 2005(1), 2005(2)
Pike 1911, 1941, 1959, 1969, 1981, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2004
Potter 1916, 1941, 1963, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2004
Schuylkill 1916, 1946, 1964(1), 1964(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1997, 2003, 2004
Snyder 1914, 1941, 1965, 1981, 1991, 2002, 2004
Somerset 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1963(1), 1963(2), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005
Sullivan 1915, 1941, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2005
Susquehanna 1914, 1941, 1958, 1969, 1981, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005
Tioga 1915, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1964(1), 1964(2), 1977, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005
Union 1915, 1941, 1964, 1981, 1991, 2002, 2004
Venango 1917, 1941, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2004
Warren 1912, 1941, 1954, 1971, 1986, 1991, 2000, 2003
Washington 1912, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1957(1), 1957(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1990(1), 1990(2), 1995, 2001, 2002
Wayne 1916, 1941, 1958, 1968, 1980, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002
Westmoreland 1941(1), 1941(2), 1960(1), 1960(2), 1960(3), 1977(1), 1977(2), 1977(3), 1991(1), 1991(2), 2000(1), 2000(2), 2002(1), 2002(2), 2004(1), 2004(2)
Wyoming 1912, 1941, 1953, 1967, 1983, 1990, 1997, 2002
York 1915, 1926, 1941(1), 1941(2), 1957(1), 1957(2), 1965(1), 1965(2), 1976(1), 1976(2), 1986(1), 1986(2), 1991(1), 1991(2), 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Pennsylvania Atlases

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