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Historical Maps of the Region Around

Denton County, Texas

By Mike Ludeman

[email protected]

Monograph TX-01 Oct. 2011

Denton County Area Historical Maps

Mike Ludeman 2 February 26, 2015

Denton County Area Historical Maps By

Mike Ludeman [email protected]

Introduction

This Research Note was compiled out of a desire to have quick access to some of the early Texas maps which showed the development of the area around Denton County in the 19th Century. Not all maps of the period were included. A preference was given to maps which showed towns, roads or mail routes, and later, railroads. In some instances, the maps in successive editions of an Atlas were identical, and the later map was not included. In other instances, a map would show no or very few man-made features beyond the county boundaries, and these were not included as well. For each map, an area roughly equivalent to that represented by the nine counties surrounding Denton was cropped from a larger digital image, and inserted onto the page. No effort was made to try and present each of these maps to the same scale, but they will be close to the same. There are many sources of historical maps on the Internet, but the web site for the David Rumsey Map Collection is perhaps the most comprehensive. For this reason, it was the choice for selection of scanned images for this Research Note.



Maps in this Research Note Smith’s Texas, Atlas, 1852

Black’s Atlas of North America, 1854 Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1856 Colton’s Pocket Map of Texas, 1856 Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1857 Johnston’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1857 Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1858 Mitchell’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1858

Johnson’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1860 Richardson’s Map of Texas, Sheet, 1961

Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1865 Johnson’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1860

Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1869 Colton’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1874 Johnson’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1874 Stieler’s Map of Southern United States, 1875 Cram’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1875 Gray’s Map of Texas, Atlas, 1878 Rand McNally Rail Road and County Map of Texas, 1882



1852

Map: Smith’s Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas Source: Special-Karte Der Vereinicten Staaten Von Nord-Amerika. Von J. Calvin Smith. Germany: Cassell, c1852 Edition: 1852 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(SmithAtlas)1852.jpg

1854



Map: Texas, Part of New Mexico Source: Black’s Atlas of North America, Edinburgh, 1854. Edition: 1854 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(Bartholomew&BlackAtlas)1854.jpg



1856

Map: Colton’s Texas Source: Colton’s Atlas of the World, New York: J. H. Colton & Company, 1856 Edition: 1856 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1856.jpg



1856

Map: J. De Cordova’s Map of The State of Texas Source: Colton’s Pocket Map, New York: J. H. Colton & Company, 1856 Edition: 1856 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonPocket)1856.jpg



1857

Map: New Map of the State of Texas Source: Colton’s Advertising Atlas of America, New York: J. H. Colton & Company, 1857 Edition: 1857 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1857.jpg



1857

Map: State of Texas Source: Atlas of the United States of North America, Canada, … And Jamaica, London & New York, 1857. Edition: 1857 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(JohnstonAtlas)1867.jpg



1858

Map: Colton’s Texas Source: Colton’s Illustrated Cabinet Atlas and Descriptive Geography, New York: J. H. Colton, 1859 Edition: 1858 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1859.jpg



1859

Map: Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities Source: A New Universal Atlas…, Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey, 1859 Edition: 1859 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(MitchellAtlas)1859.jpg



1860

Map: Johnson’s Texas By Johnson & Browning Source: Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, New York: Johnson & Browning (Successors to J. H. Colton and Company), 1860 Edition: 1860 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(JohnsonAtlas)1860.jpg



1861

Map: Richardson’s New Map of the State of Texas Source: Sheet Map Edition: 1861 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RichardsonSheet)1861.jpg



1865

Map: Colton’s New Map of the State of Texas Source: Colton’s General Atlas, New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1865 Edition: 1865 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1865.jpg



1865

Map: Johnson’s New Map of the State of Texas By Johnson & Ward Source: Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, New York: Johnson & Ward (Successors to J. H. Colton and Company), 1865 Edition: 1865 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(JohnsonAtlas)1865.jpg



1869

Map: Colton’s New Map of the States of Texas, Compiled from J. D. Cordova’s Large Map Source: Colton’s General Atlas, New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1869 Edition: 1869 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1869.jpg



1874

Map: Colton’s Texas Source: Colton’s General Atlas, New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1874 Edition: 1874 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(ColtonAtlas)1874.jpg



1874

Map: Johnson’s Texas Source: Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874 Edition: 1874 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(JohnsonAtlas)1874.jpg



1875

Map: South-United States, Part 5 (United States in 6 Parts) Source: Stieler’s Hand Atlas, Gotha (Germany): Justus Perthes, 1875 Edition: 1875 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(StielerAtlas)1875.jpg



1875

Map: Texas Source: New Commercial Atlas of the United States and Territories. Chicago: Geo. F. Cram, 1875 Edition: 1875 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(CramsAtlas)1875.jpg



1878

Map: Gray’s New Map of Texas and the Indian Territory Source: The National Atlas, Philadelphia, O. W. Gray & Sons, 1878 Edition: 1878 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(GrayAtlas)1878.jpg



1882

Map: Rand McNally Railroad and County Map of Texas Source: Rand McNally & Co.’s New Enlarged Scale Railroad And County Map of Texas, (Pocket Edition), 1882 Edition: 1882 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RandMcNally RR Atlas)1882.jpg



1884

Map: County Map of the State of Texas Source: Mitchell’s New General Atlas, Philadelphia: William M. Bradley & Bro., 1884 Edition: 1884 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(MitchellAtlas)1884.jpg



1886

Map: County Map of the State of Texas Source: Mitchell’s New General Atlas, Philadelphia: William M. Bradley & Bro., 1886 Edition: 1886 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(MitchellAtlas)1886.jpg



1889

Map: Rand McNally & Co.’s Texas No. 1. Source: Rand McNally & Co.’s Enlarged Business Atlas and Shippers Guide, 1889 Edition: 1889 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RandMcNallyAtlas)1889.jpg

1897



Map: Rand McNally & Co.’s New Business Atlas Map of Texas. Source: Rand McNally & Co.’s Indexed Atlas of the World, 1897. Edition: 1897 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RandMcNallyAtlas)1897.jpg

1901



Map: Eastern Half of Texas. Source: Cram’s Standard American Railway System Atlas of the World, Chicago: George F. Cram, 1901 Edition: 1901 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(CramsAtlas)1901.jpg

1906



Map: Railroad and County Map of Texas 1906. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan, 1906. Edition: 1906 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RailRoadComm)1906.jpg

1924



Map: Texas, Auto Trails Map, Source: Rand McNally, Commercial Atlas of America, 55th Ed., Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1924. Edition: 1924 Source: David Rumsey File: TX_Denton(RandMcNallyAuto)1924.jpg

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