Base Map of Fayette County Kentucky, 1943, by Cecil C. Harp, engr. Scale 1:90,510. Map shows streets, railroads and places of interest, with numbered annotations by Frank Dunn (as "Fayette County History Map"). See transcript below for key to...
1943 (1780s and later depicted)
C. Frank Dunn Collection, 2000M08; C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection, 1900-1954, 1987PH02;
Map shows counties, rivers, and major roads. A handwritten note in the lower left corner reads "Publ. by Sam'l Lewis: Phila., 1795." The presence of Giles County, however, suggests that the map is post 1806. Nelson County, formed in 1807, is...
This book indexes the surveys and grants of the "Old Kentucky" land grant series. Using the survey number found in the index, researchers can locate the copies of the original survey and grant (if issued). Digital versions of the surveys and grants...
Map shows downtown Louisville and includes a street index. Shows churches, cemeteries and some public buildings. Hand colored. On verso: "Map accompanying Commission Papers [illegible] John L. [Ewing]." An uncolored, 1858 version of this...
Map shows downtown Louisville, including churches, cemeteries and some public buildings. Includes street index.. "Reduced from Hart & Mapother's New Map." Scale: 4 inches = 1 mile A hand-colored, 1856 version of this map (khs.map.378)...
"…As organized and defined by the several Acts of the Congress of that Republic, Constructed from a great variety of Printed and Manuscript Documents." Fourth edition. Statistical Table lists area, population, population density, latitude,...
"…with the Adjoining Territories, 1795." This is essentially a reprint of J. Russell's map of the same name, published in 1794 and 1795. This is described as State II in Wheat & Brun, who cite Jillson's "Early Kentucky Maps." According to...
"...exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans with the Routes examined in reference to a contemplated National Road between these two cities." Map plots a national road from Washington to New Orleans. Louisville, Lexington,...
"...Contracted by direction of the Canal Commissioners from the Maps of the Engineers in 1817." "A Profile of the extent of the Levels and of the Places and lifts of the Locks between Lake Erie and the Hudson," indicates relative water level...
Sites marked in Kentucky: Columbus, MumfordsV [sic], Perryville, Mill Spring, Wild Cat, Camp Dick Robinson, Cumberland Gap, Paintville, and Pikeville. Shows the Southeastern United States. Relief shown by hachures. Includes four statistical...
Shows counties, rivers, roads, and towns. Relief shown pictorially. Map has apparently been trimmed, removing upper and lower sections of the original map. These areas would have included the full title [Geographical, Historical, And Statistical...
Township sections drawn, but grid not numbered. "Scheme of colors" provides key to soil types. "Convention of Signs" is key to roads, railroads, county lines, post offices, and streams. Reelfoot lake shown. This large scale map shows far less...
Survey made by Genl. Victor Collot and Adj. Genl. Waring and published by Georges Henri Victor Collot, Paris See Map No. 8 in Thomas D. Clark's "Historic Maps of Kentucky," Univ. Press of Ky., 1979. According to Clark: This map was from...
Illustrated county outline map shows agriculture and industry and county seats. Color-coded key to the Bluegrass region, eastern and western coal fields, and growth of burley, Green River, Ore Sucker, and dark fire tobacco. At bottom: A Brief...
"…Exhibiting the Locations of the Counties, Cities, Villages, Post Offices, Railway Stations, etc. The Railways, Common Roads, etc." Shows counties. Removed from cover, approx. 3 x 5 inches entitled, Railway & Township Map of Kentucky, E....
"…Reduced from Elihu Barker's Large Map." Map shows rivers, towns, forts, stations, roads and nine counties named but not delineated. Map reverses Henderson and Grant Counties. According to Jillson, "This map appears as number 17 inserted...
"…Showing Oil and Gas Pools and Pipelines, Fluorspar and Rock Asphalt Deposits, and the Eastern and Western Coalfields. Geologic and Developmental Data Prepared by the Kentucky Geological Survey and Revised, Expanded, and Corrected to January...
"…Compiled from the Latest Authorities." Includes a Statistical Table in upper left corner. The no. "10" appears in upper right corner. Relief shown pictorially. Map appears to have come from an atlas, probably "A New American Atlas: ...
This "Geographical, Statistical, and historical Map of Kentucky" appeared as plate 27 in "A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas. . ." published by Carey and Lea. Only Hickman County shows in the Jackson Purchase...
