New Jersey State Library

New Jersey Maps

The following resources are helpful in researching New Jersey maps.

I. Search

• New Jersey - Maps - Year (e.g. "New Jersey Maps 1927")
• Name of Town – Maps (e.g. "Lambertville Maps")
• Name of County – Maps (e.g "Hudson county Maps")

II. Helpful print sources:

Guide to New Jersey Maps in Special Collections and Archives Rutgers University Libraries. Carlucci, April. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Libraries, c1986
J912 C285M Level 4

The Mapping of New Jersey: the men and the art. Snyder, John P. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c1973 J912 S675 Level 4

Worksheets: New Jersey in Printed Maps to 1800. Trenton, N.J.: s.n., 1977
J912 W927 Level 4

Web sites

High School Maps online

New Jersey Geological Survey's home page
Includes a geologic map of New Jersey

GNIS
Geographic Names Information Service data base for New Jersey places and features that are on USGO topographical quadrangle maps. The entry gives the feature type, county, coordinates and the quad in which it appears.