Historical Maps of New Jersey

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Unless otherwise noted, most of the map images on these webpages are from Rutgers' Special Collections and University Archives
Permission is granted solely to view these map images. No other permission to use the map images on these webpages is granted.

COPIES OF THE MAPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE

Pleistocene Ice Movement, Northern NJ	Visscher's Map of New Belgium and New England
Svydt Rivier 1639? \| source: Library of Congress	East and West New Jersey 1706 \| source: Library of Congress
Pa, Nova Jersey et Nova York 1748? \| source: Library of Congress
Barnegat to Cape May 1770 \| source: Library of Congress	NJ, NY, part of PA Quebec 1775 \| source: Library of Congress
New Jersey 1776 \| source: Library of Congress	Faden New Jersey Provinces 1777 \| source: Library of Congress
Delaware Bay 1778 \| source: Library of Congress	Trenton New Brunswick Turnpike \| source: Library of Congress
New Jersey_1780 \| source: Library of Congress	New Jersey boundary lines 1784
New Jersey 1795 \| source: Library of Congress	New Jersey 1797 \| source: Rumsey Maps
30 miles around New York 1811 \| source: Rumsey Maps	New Jersey 1812 \| source: Rumsey Maps
New Jersey 1826	New Jersey 1834
New Jersey 1835	New Jersey 1836 \| source: Rumsey Maps
New Jersey 1856	New Jersey 1860 (from the Chester Library) \| About this map
40 miles around New York 1867\| source: Library of Congress	Coal of Pennsylvania to NY via Perth Amboy 1868 \| source: Library of Congress
New Jersey 1872 outline map for schools	NJ Colton 1878
New Jersey 1878 with terminal moraine	NJ Iron Ore & Limestone Districts 1878 West Half \| East Half
North New Jersey topographic 1882 \| source: Library of Congress
NJ/NY Boundary1887 in the Raritan Bay	New Jersey 1889 Geologic Map North Half \| South Half
New Jersey 1890	New Jersey 1892 with watersheds
Glacial Striae on the Palisade Ridge 1893
New Jersey 1900 with forests	Northern NJ forests 1900 (also mines & quarries); S. Jersey Pines/Oaks
New Jersey 1906 North Half \| South Half
New Jersey 1909 North Half \| South Half	New Jersey Inland Waterways 1911
New Jersey 1913 North Half \| South Half	New Jersey 1918 North half \| South Half
New Jersey Electric companies 1922	New Jersey Electric Companies 1928
New Jersey Inland Waterways 1928	NJ Time Machine – compare 1930 and 2020 Imagery
New Jersey Civil Divisions 1940	New Jersey 1939 Geologic Map North Half \| South Half
New Jersey Geology 1940	New Jersey Turnpike Map ca 1950 (back of map)
NJ Postal Routes 1913	New Jersey Postal Routes 1953
New Jersey Land Types 1954 (text on back)	New Jersey Invites You - tourist sites and prisons 1955 (?). Note by Rob Fini questioned the 1955 date emailing, "at Lakehurst the map notes the air station is the "home of the Macon;" the USS Macon was in service from 1933 to 1935, wrecking in the Pacific ocean on February 12".
New Jersey Electric companies 1959	New Jersey High Schools 1960s
Atlantic City Expressway \|\| (back of map) 1970s	Port Authority District 1979

RAILROADS

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

STATE FORESTS & STATE PARKS

MORRIS CANAL 1827 | DELAWARE & RARITAN CANAL | CANAL SOCIETY OF NJ

Historical Streams of the Lower Raritan Watershed Project

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF NEW JERSEY'S COUNTIES

ATLANTIC	BERGEN	BURLINGTON	CAMDEN	CAPE MAY	CUMBERLAND	ESSEX
GLOUCESTER	HUDSON	HUNTERDON	MERCER	MIDDLESEX	MONMOUTH	MORRIS
OCEAN	PASSAIC	SALEM	SOMERSET	SUSSEX	UNION	WARREN

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF RUTGERS/NEW BRUNSWICK
(campus map images courtesy of Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives)

The maps below are from the 1872 F.W. Beers Atlas of New Jersey - courtesy of Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives

COVER PAGE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NEW JERSEY

NEW JERSEY GEOLOGY

ATLANTIC CITY / CAMDEN CITY / MOUNT HOLLY / WOODBURY

BAYONNE / GREENSVILLE

BELLEVILLE / MONTCLAIR

BELVIDERE / HACKETTSTOWN / NEWTON / PHILLIPSBURG / WASHINGTON VILLAGE

BERGEN / PASSAIC COUNTIES

BEVERLY / BURLINGTON CITY / GLOUSTER CITY / HADDONFIELD / MAY'S LANDING

BLOOMFIELD / LAMBERTVILLE / DOVER

BOONTON / MORRISTOWN

BORDENTOWN / BRICKSBURG / MADISON / MANCHESTER / TOM'S RIVER

BRIDGETON / CAPE MAY CITY / MILLVILLE / SALEM / VINELAND

BURLINGTON COUNTY NORTH

BURLINGTON COUNTY SOUTH

CAMDEN / GLOUCESTER COUNTIES

HOBOKEN / JERSEY CITY / WEEHAWKEN / UNION

HUDSON / UNION / ESSEX COUNTIES

HUNTERDON / SOMERSET COUNTIES

KEYPORT / MATAWAN / PERTH AMBOY

LONGBRANCH and vicinity

PLAINFIELD / SOMMERVILLE / FLEMMINGTON

1872 Atlas of New Jersey - F.W. Beers

1873 G.M. Hopkins Atlas of New Jersey from the Library of Congress

Examples of cartography by John E. Brush

HISTORICAL MAP LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Questions related to this webpage should be directed to Mike Siegel via email:

COPIES OF THE MAPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
Permission is granted solely to view these map images. No other permission to use the map images on these webpages is granted.

Douglass and Agricultural Colleges 1930	Douglass Campus (date unknown)	Douglass Campus 1962
University Heights 1947	College Ave & University Heights 1951	University Heights 1963	Busch Campus 1973
Kilmer Campus 1973	Camp Kilmer Pamphlet	Kilmer Map 1	Kilmer Map 2
CAC campus ca. 1910	CAC campus ca. 1911	CAC campus ca. 1930	CAC campuses pictorial.jpg
Rutgers University ca. 1939	CAC ca. 1939	CAC ca. 1939 rev 1950	CAC ca. 1939 rev 1950 text
New Brunswick & RU Sites

Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives	Library of Congress Geography & Map Division	David Rumsey Map Collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map Collections	NY Public Library Digital Collections
Historical USGS Maps	NOAA Historical Maps & Charts	University of Alabama Map Collections
1895 Rand McNally atlas map of NJ	index to data on the 1895 map	Perry Castenada Library Map Collections
Historical European Maps	Ancient World Mapping Center	Images of Early Maps
19th Century Poverty Maps of London	Panorama of the Thames project	NJ Railroad Retrospective
Genealogy/Local History (NJ State Library)	NJ Resources (NJ State Library)	Digital Jerseyana collection (NJ State Library)