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Maps of Ohio

Maps of Ohio tend to be an vital element of genealogy and family tree research, particularly in the event you live far from where your ancestor resided. Given that Ohio political borders sometimes changed, historic maps are generally essential in assisting you find out the exact location of your ancestor’s home, exactly what land they owned, just who their neighbors had been, and a lot more.

Maps of Ohio usually have a tendency to be an excellent resource for getting started with your research, since they provide you with significantly useful information and facts right away. Ohio Maps are usually a major resource of considerable amounts of details on family history.

Ohio borders Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan. Ohio’s 10  largest cities  are Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Parma, Youngstown, Canton and Lorain. Learn more about Historical Facts of Ohio Counties.

The earliest Sanborn insurance map for Ohio is an 1875 map for Zanesville, held by the Ohio Historical Society. Consult the Newberry Library, Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1800 (2 vols. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1980), although this is not an inclusive listing for maps in Ohio. It does not, for example include those held by the Western Reserve Historical Society. Many academic and other libraries in Ohio have at least a partial collection of Sanborn maps on microfilm, and many libraries offer online access to Sanborn maps for the entire state of Ohio.

Contact us if you have a map of Ohio or link to a Ohio Map you would like to see listed.

Interactive Map of Ohio County Formation History

(Ohio maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)


Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Ohio

Disclaimer: All Ohio maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

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