Historical Morgan County Maps

Since 2022 is the bicentennial of Morgan County, Indiana, here are three historical maps that might be of interest.  The Library of Congress and the Indiana Historical Society have digitized Morgan County maps published by W. W. Richie (1875); Baskin, Forster & Company (1876); and Earl O. Gilbert & C. G. H. Goss (1909).  (The 1875 & 1909 maps are from LOC; the 1876 map is from IHS.)

Click the images (below) to access the maps, courtesy of the Library of Congress and the Indiana Historical Society.

 

1875 Richie Map of Morgan County, Indiana

 

 1876 Baskin, Forster & Co. Map of Morgan County, Indiana

 

 1909 Gilbert & Goss Map of Morgan County, Indiana

 

Sanborn Maps Available Online

The Library of Congress continues to digitize its Sanborn fire insurance maps for various communities across America.  These maps begin in the 1800s onward to (more or less) the present day.  They are invaluable to local history researchers, because they identify locations of local businesses and houses at various times in a town's history.

Browse the LOC Sanborn maps online, and for additional Indiana-specific Sanborn maps, visit the Indiana Spatial Data Portal.

If you're interested in Sanborn maps specifically for Mooresville, Indiana, we have CD-ROM discs (with PDF files of the maps) available to checkout from Mooresville Public Library's Evergreen Indiana catalog.  Digitized versions are also available on MPL's website.