Missouri Maps

Historical

• 1711 New France (Wichita State University Libraries)

  Shows the River St. Louis (Mississippi) and the River St. Jerome (Ohio)

• 1748 New France (Wichita State University Libraries)

  Shows River a la Saline (Saline Creek), Cape St. Antoine, Cape de la Roche, and Fort de Chartres

• 1757 New France (Wichita State University Libraries)

  Shows Ste. Genevieve, River aux Vases, River a la Pome (Apple Creek), and la Tour (Tower Rock)

• 1772 Mississippi River (Library of Congress)

  Shows Misere (Ste. Genevieve), Salt pans River (Saline Creek), Cape St. Cosme (Cape Cinque Hommes), Cape Garlick (?), Cape St. Anthony, Lick River (?), Cape Girardot, Wolf Island, Sound River, Greasy Bent (New Madrid), and the Little Meadows (Little Prairie/Caruthersville)

• 1810 (University of Alabama)

  Shows Ste. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, and Little Prairie (Caruthersville)

• 1813 (University of Georgia Libraries)

• 1814 (University of Alabama)

  Shows a road connecting St. Louis, Kaskaskia, Ste. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, and New Madrid, along with mileages between each town

• 1897 Carey's Map of Louisiana (David Rumsey Collection)

• 1820 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Shows Jackson, Bainbridge, Greenville, and St. Michaels (Fredericktown) along with several rivers. The county boundaries and labels don't seem very accurate.

• 1821 (Wichita State University Libraries)

  Shows Potosi, Mine ala Motte, and something called Earthquake Lake near New Madrid

• 1823 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Shows survey township lines and early county boundaries

• 1823 Henry Tanner atlas (Kansas City Public Library)

  Detailed color map showing many towns and rivers

• 1823 United States (University of Alabama)

• 1824 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Shows Fredericktown, St. Michaels, "Cedar Cabbin" in Madison County, Tywapitia (Commerce), and Madansburg in Perry County

• 1826 Finley's Map of Missouri and Arkansas (David Rumsey Collection)

• 1826 (University of Alabama)

  Shows Winchester and other towns

• 1830 Tanner (Library of Congress)

• 1832 (Kansas City Public Library)

• 1832 United States (University of Connecticut Libraries)

  National map showing interesting roads in Southeast Missouri, including a road connecting Farmington, Greenville, and Davidsonville, Arkansas

• 1835 (Kansas City Public Library)

• 1838 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1841 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Contains a sidebar with steamboat mileages

• 1844 Smith's Guide (Library of Congress)

• 1845 Meyer (David Rumsey Collection)

• 1847 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1851 Williams (Library of Congress)

• 1852 Smith (Library of Congress)

• 1853 Cairo and Fulton Railroad (Library of Congress)

  Shows proposed routes for the Iron Mountain, Cairo & Fulton, and other railroads

• 1854 (Library of Congress)

  Map of Illinois and a portion of Missouri

• 1855 (Kansas City Public Library)

• 1857 Johnson (Library of Congress)

• 1857 Colton (Kansas City Public Library)

• 1858 (Library of Congress)

  Shows county lines, county seats, and proposed railroads

• 1859 Lloyd's American Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1862 Colton's United States (Library of Congress)

• 1860 proposed railroads (Wichita State University Libraries)

  Shows proposed routes for the Iron Mountain mainline and Belmont Branch

• 1861 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1861 Lloyd's Southern States (Library of Congress)

• 1861 Lloyd's American Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1862 New Madrid and vicinity Civil War (Library of Congress)

  Shows Confederate fortifications around New Madrid and Island No. 10

• 1862 (Library of Congress)

• 1862 Colton's Civil War Fortifications (Library of Congress)

  Includes insets of Mississippi County and the St. Louis vicinity

• 1862 Colton's Southern States (Library of Congress)

• 1862 Mississippi R. (Library of Congress)

  Detailed map showing towns, roads, railroads, creeks, and homesteads near the river

• 1863 Lloyd's US (Library of Congress)

• 1863 Mississippi River (Ancestry.com/Library of Congress)

• 1863 Lloyd's Mississippi River (Library of Congress)

• 1864 Hazard's Southern States (Library of Congress)

• 1865 Johnson (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1865 Lloyd's Border States (Library of Congress)

• 1866 (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1866 military railroads (University of Alabama)

  Shows railroad lines as of 1866

• 1867 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1867 Houston & Texas Central Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1869 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Shows the completed Belmont Branch railroad along with a proposed Iron Mountain Line passing through Doniphan

• 1869 Colton (University of Alabama)

• 1870 (Library of Congress)

• 1870 Washington County (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1871 (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1871 Cairo and Fulton Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1872 (Library of Congress)

  Shows the proposed Cape Girardeau & State Line Railroad (never built) along with other railroads

• 1872 Colton (Library of Congress)

• 1872 Colton (Kansas City Public Library)

  Extremely detailed map showing section lines

• 1873 (Library of Congress)

• 1873 proposed railroads (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1874 (Library of Congress)

• 1875 Cram (Rumsey)

• 1877 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1877 atlas (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1878 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1878 Rand McNally (David Rumsey Collection)

• 1880 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1881 Chester, Iron Mountain, and Western Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1881 Kansas & Gulf Short Line Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1881 Toledo, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1883 Rand McNally Pacific Railroads (Library of Congress)

• 1886 Rand McNally (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1886 (Kansas City Public Library)

  Highly detailed map showing color-coded railroads

• 1886 Cotton Belt Railroad (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1888 (Library of Congress)

• 1889 (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1889 Polk (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1889 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (Library of Congress)

• 1891 Missouri Pacific (livgenmi.com)

• 1892 Rand McNally United States Atlas (OsageCounty.org)

• 1892 Illinois Central Railroad (Library of Congress)

• 1893 (Wichita State University Libraries)

• 1895 Rand McNally (livgenmi.com)

  Detailed map of towns and railroads. Website includes an index of every town

• 1897 Rand McNally (David Rumsey Collection)

• 1897 Galbraith post office (Library of Congress)

  Shows post offices and mnemonic devices for remembering their names

• 1902 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1904 Rand McNally (St. Louis American Local History Network)

  Highly detailed map including many small towns and post offices not shown on other maps

• 1904 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1911 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1912 (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1916 Eastern Missouri Auto (St. Louis Public Library)

  Shows portion of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, and Washington Counties

• 1918 Highway Department (St. Louis Public Library)

• 1920 Clason's Atlas (SMSU Missouri Ozarks)

• 1923 Rand McNally Southern States (Library of Congress)

• 1928 Frisco System (SMSU Missouri Ozarks)

• 1930 Frisco System (SMSU Missouri Ozarks)

• 1944 geological (St. Louis Public Library)

• Undated Frisco RR (Kansas City Public Library)

• Frisco line construction (SMSU Missouri Ozarks)

  Shows construction and abondonment dates for the lines of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad

• Undated Frisco Lines (SMSU Missouri Ozarks)

Modern

• Butler County census (GenWeb)

• Butler County historical towns (GenWeb)

• Leadington city (Leadington Chamber of Commerce)

• Mississippi County

• Oak Ridge street (Oak Ridge Homepage)

• Ripley County (Ripley Co. MOGenWeb)

• Ste. Genevieve County genealogical

Offline

• 1870 James F. Brooks Map of Cape Girardeau County

  Detailed map of Cape County showing towns, post offices, roads, township lines, and land grant boundaries. Available at the Cape County Archive Center in Jackson.

• 1910 Cape Girardeau County Soil Map

  Detailed county map showing towns, roads, houses, railroads, and township lines along with soil types.

• 1926 Perry County Topographic Map

  Large map published by the Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines along with the US Geological Survey. These special large-scale maps were only produced for a few counties during the 1920s.

• 1942 Commercial and Library Atlas of the World

  Published by the Geographical Publishing Co. of Chicago. The map of Missouri shows quite a few railroads (but by this time some lines had already been abandoned) along with a few obscure stations and towns not shown on most maps.

• 1959 Rand McNally Special Road Atlas

  Road atlas showing Southeast Missouri before the coming of the interstates. Shows several old towns not shown in modern road atlases.

• 1976 Hydrographic Survey Maps of the Mississippi River

  Collection of detailed aerial maps made by the US Army Corps of Engineers showing the course of the Mississippi along with the towns, landings, and creeks along its route.

• Cape Girardeau County Land Claims

  Series of maps on display at the Cape County Archive Center showing the first owner of each tract of land.

• 1998 DeLorme Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer

  The Mother of All Missouri Maps

• General Highway Maps of Missouri

  Series of maps produced by the Missouri Department of Transportation showing state and county roads for each county. Also shows obscure placenames and public land survey lines. Most maps last updated in the late 1980s or early 1990s.