Maps of Wisconsin

State Antique Maps & Atlases  •  State D.O.T. County Highway Maps  •  State Map Description & Links

Wisconsin Maps are generally an important piece of genealogy and family tree research, notably in the event you live far from where your ancestor was living. Due to the fact Wisconsin political boundaries sometimes changed, historic maps are generally significant in assisting you uncover the precise specific location of your ancestor's home, what land they owned, who their neighbors ended up being, and much more.

Wisconsin Maps usually are likely to be an outstanding reference for getting started with your own research, since they give substantially valuable information and facts quickly. Wisconsin Maps can be a major resource of important amounts of information and facts on family history.

Wisconsin County Formation Map

(Wisconsin maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)

Wisconsin Antique Maps & Atlases

See U.S. State & County Boundary Maps and Antique Atlases to view free map images of antique maps & atlases maps during the years 1732 to 1897 for the entire United States as well as other states and countries.

These are scanned from the original copies so you can see Wisconsin and Wisconsin counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Wisconsin maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Wisconsin.

Disclaimer: All Wisconsin maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Wisconsin County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information:

  • Major local road networks
  • Interstate corridors
  • U.S., state, and county routes
  • Recreation areas
  • Points of interest
  • Hospitals
  • Schools
  • Airports
  • Urban boundaries
  • Railroads
  • Town roads with names
  • Federal and state forest boundaries
  • Indian reservations
  • Township boundaries

To View the Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution.

These maps are downloadable and are in PDF format (Images are between 500k and 1.5 meg so loading may be slow if using a dial-up connection). The main use of these are the locations of all known cemeteries in a county and of course the various roads and church locations. These Maps are Free to Download

Wisconsin Map Description & Links

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