Historical Map iamges courtesy of Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
and the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

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Hudson County proposed roads 1868 

Hudson County 1872 (also Union and Essex Counties)

NJ and Hudson County Atlas 1873

Hudson County Topographical Atlas 1880

Hudson County Road Maps 1965: Sheet 1   Sheet 2   Sheet 3   Sheet 4   Sheet 5   Sheet 6

Hudson County 1976

Bayonne Plat Book 1934

 Bell Vue 1853

Chelsea, Hudson City

Greenville Township, now part of Jersey City, and Atlas of the state of New Jersey 1873  |   from The Library of Congress

Guttenburg 1900

Highwood Bluffs Weehawken 1909

Hoboken, North Bergen, And The Proposed Township Of Weehawken

Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawkin, Union City 1872

Jersey City, Hoboken 1841 | from The Library of Congress

Jersey City, Hoboken, Hudson Cities 1855  |  from The Library of Congress

Jersey City, Hoboken 1879

Powles Hook 1804 (Area of Jersey City)

Jersey City Plat Book 1928

Jersey City 1848

Jersey City 1889

Jersey City 1911  Front  |  Back  with Hudson Tunnel Train Lines

Jersey City - Black Tom Island 1916 (Area destroyed by explosion & fire) | from The Library of Congress

Jersey City and Bayonne Plat Book 1919

Jersey City - Hub of Hudson County 1925

New Jersey Flats 1881 from the docks of the Central RR of NJ to Constables Point

North Bergen Township 1940

Weehawkin to Manhattan The Lincoln Tunnel, Proposed Third Tube 1950

West New York 1907

West New York 1937

West New York 1940

Jersey City USGS Topo 1955  |  from the USGS The National Map

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

NJ Time Machine – compare 1930 and 2020 Imagery

A historian's tips to students researching local history

 1872 Atlas of New Jersey - F.W. Beer | 1873 Atlas of New Jersey - G.W. Hopkins (link to the Library of Congress)

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