Historical Maps of New Jersey

If not otherwise noted, most of the map images on these webpages are from:

• Rutgers' Special Collections
• Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

COPIES OF THE MAPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE

1781 courtesy of the Library of Congress

1850 large wallmap | Library of Congress version

1861 large wallmap | Library of Congress version

1872

Middlesex County (and Mercer and Monmouth ) 1913

1947

1954 Front | Back courtesy Rutgers Geography Department

NJ Time Machine – compare 1930 and 2020 Imagery

USGS topographic quads mid 20th century courtesy of Rutgers Geography Department

Middlesex County during the American Revolution recto

Middlesex County during the American Revolution verso

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

EAST BRUNSWICK

HIGHLAND PARK

METUCHEN

NEW BRUNSWICK

NORTH BRUNSWICK

PERTH AMBOY

PISCATAWAY

Raritan River (Milstone, S. River) 1685  | Library of Congress original

Carteret Zoning 1977

Dunellen 1868

Edison Master Plan 1966 | Master Plan text

Herbert 1877

Lincoln

Monroe Township Zoning 1968.gif

New Brunswick & Rutgers Sites

Raritan Township-Edison 1954 | Raritan Township-Edison 1954 index

South Amboy 1876

South Brunswick 1977 | South Brunswick 1977 back

South Plainfield 1966

Spotswood

Woodbridge front | Woodbridge back

A historian's tips to students researching local history

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