Collections of New Jersey maps and atlases are available at numerous public and university libraries and historical societies. The New Jersey Historical Society has a large collection of more than 2,000 maps, and the state library has several hundred maps and atlases from the seventeenth century to the present.

The Family History Library has atlases of most New Jersey counties. A collection of 10 statewide maps from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries is found in:

Skemer, Don C., comp. New Jersey Historic Map Portfolio. Florham Park, N.J.: Afton Publishing, 1983. (FHL book 974.9 E7n; computer number 260793.)

For information and maps concerning New Jersey's changing state, county, township, and city boundaries, use:

Long, John H., comp. Historical Atlas and Chronology of County Boundaries, 1788-1980. Vol. 1, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1984. (FHL 973 E7hL v. 1; fiche 6051426; computer number 304297.) Contains maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.

Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968. Trenton, N.J.: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. (FHL book 974.9 E2s; computer number 259796.)

Some ward maps that can help you use the U.S. censuses are:

• Jersey City

1855, 1864, 1886, 1890 (FHL film 1377700; fiche 6016660-63; computer number 181937)

• Newark

1850, 1858, 1865, 1876, 1892, 1895 (FHL film 1377700; fiche 6016845, 6016716-20; computer number 181937)

Stephenson, Richard W. Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. (FHL book 973 A3loc; fiche 6048262; computer number 422816.)

7.5-, 15-, and 30-minute topographic quadrangle maps of New Jersey, published between 1884 and 1972, are in a collection of maps produced by the United States Geological Survey, Topographic Maps of the United States: Historical Reference File (Suitland, Md.: National Archives and Records Service, 1978). The maps are arranged alphabetically by the name of the quadrangle:

• Adelphia-Dinnisville (FHL film 1433812; computer number 340901)
• New Brunswick-Wilmington (FHL film 1433813; computer number 340901)
  

To get the names of the quadrangles, use:

Official Eastern North America Map and Chart Index Catalog. Neenah, Wis.: United States/Canadian Map Service Bureau, 1975. (FHL Atlas 970 E72of; computer number 467674.)

Topographic maps and a free index map can be ordered from:

U. S. Department of Interior
Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Telephone: 800-USA-MAPS or
Telephone: 703-648-6045

New Jersey Travel and Tourism
CN 826
Trenton, NJ 08625

Geographia Map Company
231 Hackensack Plank Road
Weehawken, NJ 07087
Telephone: 201-863-3866
Fax: 201-863-5977

Hagstrom Map Co., Inc.
46-35 54th Road
Maspeth, NY 11378
Telephone: 718-784-0055
Fax: 718-784-1216

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