Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Digitizing the Printed Volumes [ACB]

FAIN: PA-52072-06

Newberry Library (Chicago, IL 60610-3305)
Douglas W. Knox (Project Director: July 2005 to August 2009)

Digitization of 19 printed volumes of the "Atlas of Historical County Boundaries," a reference work designed to provide information about the creation and boundary changes of every county in the United States, from the 1600s to 2000. The project would create Web-based interactive maps as well as distribute the data for integration into a geographic information system (GIS).

Media Coverage

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Now Available Online (Media Coverage)
Publication: OAH News
Date: 7/13/2010
URL: http://www.oah.org/news/20100713_newberry_altas.html

Exploring the Newberry's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Review)
Author(s): Randy Seaver
Publication: Genea-Musings
Date: 7/16/2010
URL: http://www.geneamusings.com/2010/07/exploring-newberrys-atlas-of-historical.html

Digital Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Review)
Author(s): Tara Calishain
Publication: ResearchBuzz
Date: 7/26/2010
URL: http://www.researchbuzz.org/r/?p=2151

Newberry Library Announces the Digital Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Dick Eastman
Publication: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
Date: 7/14/2010
URL: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/07/newberry-library-announces-the-digital-atlas-of-historical-county-boundaries.html

Associated Products

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Author: Newberry Library
Abstract: A project of the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at The Newberry Library in Chicago, the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is a powerful historical research and reference tool in electronic form. The Atlas presents in maps and text complete data about the creation and all subsequent changes (dated to the day) in the size, shape, and location of every county in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. It also includes non-county areas, unsuccessful authorizations for new counties, changes in county names and organization, and the temporary attachments of non-county areas and unorganized counties to fully functioning counties. The principal sources for these data are the most authoritative available: the session laws of the colonies, territories, and states that created and changed the counties.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/

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