MAPS AND CARTOGRAPHY @ YOUR LIBRARY

Has our Fantasy Maps exhibit made you curious about maps and mapmakers? We've got lots of maps at the Library, and numerous books about the people who make them--click on the image for more information.

MAPS OF MISSOURI

Click on image to view this free online exhibit.

DIGITAL SANBORN MAPS

The SLPL website provides Library cardholders access to various reference databases. One of these, ProQuest Information and Learning's Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, offers digital access to large-scale maps of various American towns and cities. Digitized Sanborn Maps allow for greater flexibility of use and improved viewing possibilities compared to the earlier microfilm versions of these maps. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify, and zoom in on specific sections. The SLPL website provides access to the Missouri portion of this collection:

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Coverage varies widely for included cities and towns (“coverage” here meaning when a particular map was prepared or updated). Here, for example, is the coverage provided for Missouri cities and towns beginning with the letter A:

Adrian (Bates Co.)—Apr 1894-Apr 1924
Agency (Buchanan Co.)—Nov 1922
Alton (Oregon Co.)—July 1923
Anderson (McDonald Co.)—Sept 1920-Sept 1928
Appleton City (St. Clair Co.)—Oct 1885-Oct 1935
Armstrong (Howard Co.)—Aug 1917-Aug 1928
Ash Grove (Greene Co.)—July 1893-June 1931
Atlanta (Macon Co.)—Mar 1918
Auxvasse (Callaway Co.)—May 1902-Jan 1925
Ava (Douglas Co.)—July 1914-Mar 1935

Coverage for St. Louis City and a sampling of nearby cities is as follows:

St. Louis City—Mar 1903—Dec 1952
Kirkwood—Feb 1928-Nov 1949
O’Fallon—Nov 1912
Pacific—July 1886-Jan 1929
St. Charles—May 1886-Oct 1947
St. Peters—Nov 1912-Sept 1917
Ste. Genevieve—Feb 1894-July 1945
Valley Park—Jan 1926

The list of available Missouri cities and towns is extensive—why not visit our website and see for yourself?

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MAPS IN THE COLLECTION OF ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

The collection of St. Louis Public Library includes thousands of maps, atlases, and gazetteers.

Some items can be copied; others are so large / so fragile that copying is not possible. Some of these items can be checked out by SLPL cardholders; others must be used in the Library.

Need more information? Contact Joe Winkler, our maps expert!

Listings provide scale of maps, name of map group, and location within the Library.

1:100,000 scale USGS Maps- Map Room
1:125,000 scale USGS Maps (ca. 1890s- incomplete)- Map Room
1:24,000 scale USGS Maps- Map Room
1:250,000 scale USGS Maps- Map Room
1:500,000 scale USGS Maps (covers entire state)- Map Room
1:62,500 scale USGS Maps (ca. 1930s- incomplete) - Map Room
1:63,360 scale USGS Maps (Alaska only)- Map Room
Atlases in book form- HG Dept.
Atlases in book form- Stacks
CIA Base Maps, most major countries- HG Dept.
Country Maps (current), most countries- HG Dept.
FEMA Flood Insurance Maps (metro-area)- Map Room
Foreign Cities (major)- HG Dept.
Foreign topo maps of genealogically significant places- HG Dept.
Geologic Maps (some coverage)- Map Room
Illinois (current) 7.5 minute USGS Maps (metro-area)- HG Dept.
Illinois metro-area topo maps (older)- Map Room
Missouri (current) 7.5 minute USGS Maps- HG Dept.
Missouri County Highway Maps (current)- HG Dept.
Missouri metro-area topo maps (older)- Map Room
National Park Service Maps of NPS Lands- HG Dept.
NIMA Special Series Maps (JOGs, ONCs, TPCs, etc.)- Map Room
Older maps (miscellaneous)- Map Room
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (microfilm)- HG Dept.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (paper)- Special Collections Dept.
Street Maps (current), larger US cities- HG Dept.
Topographic Maps (indexes)- HG Dept.USDA Forest Service Maps- Map Room