Hunterdon County History: Maps at HCLS

Sanborn Fire Insurance maps contain information on ownership in various towns from 1885-1950. Digitized copies of these maps can be accessed here

A digitized copy of F.W. Beers Atlas of Hunterdon County, 1873 can be found in the NYPL Digital Collections. Please click the atlas name to view.

"The Beers family were important map publishers who worked from the mid to late 19th century, creating state and county atlases and maps of much of the northeastern United States. 

"About County Atlases: With the industrialization of the east coast and western migration to settle America's heartland, county atlases became very popular in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century. These atlases showed property ownership, which usually included the individual's name and often the footprint of their house.The publishers of the Beers county atlases included artistic renderings of homes, businesses, and civic buildings. Today, not only are these county atlases aesthetically pleasing, but they are an important source of information for historians and genealogists. County atlases show the development of communities in new streets, railroads, the realignment of waterways, and the trend from residential to commercial districts." (Description by the North Jersey History & Genealogy Center)