MAP SOURCES OF DAVIESS COUNTY, MISSOURI
June, 2008, by Steven
Reid
NOTE: Asterisked (*) titles are under copyright protection
and cannot be reproduced.
c. 1870 Land Patent Maps by
Bureau of Land Management General Land Office SUMMARY: Original land patents (the first person to buy the land from the government) are plotted on map sketches of Daviess County. Entries on the maps correspond to the land patent database maintained by the BLM excepting entries. |
(O) CDL:
Map of
T61 R29 (Benton Twp) Map of T58 R26 (Harrison/S. Jackson Twps) Map of T60 R29 (Marion Twp) (B) BLM ($M) BLM |
March 10, 1870 Daviess County
Township Map by Birdsall and Dean SUMMARY: Included in Birdsall & Deans 1882 History of Daviess county, page 306 is a map, or sketch of the townships of the county and the major towns of the time. It is not known whether Birdsall created this map for his readers in 1882 based on his findings, or whether this actually represents a reprinting/resketching of the oldest known map of Daviess County. Note that the township boundaries changed before the 1870 census to eliminate the township of Freedom. |
(M) FHL, MCPL, SHS (B) FHL (paper copy), MCPL, SHS, DCL (reprint) (RO) HQ ($B) BP ($205), HIG ($90 reprint) ($CD) BP ($45) |
1876 Daviess County Plat Book by Edwards Brothers, 55 pages SUMMARY: The first plat book made of Daviess
County. Contains a county overview map and land ownership maps arranged by geographical
township/range beginning with T58N R26W (Harrison & So. Jackson civil
townships) and continuing in snakelike fashion by range. Also contains
detailed city plats and history of the county as well as individual
township. Some cemeteries plotted. |
(O) DCGW:
Transcription of
Business Reference (page 15) (M) SHS, FHL (B) SHS |
1882 Daviess County Township
Map by Birdsall and Dean SUMMARY: This was a fold-out map included in the History of Daviess County (1882). It is in format similar to the county overview map in the 1876 Plat Book, albeit updated to reflect the changes that had occurred. |
(O) DCGW:
County township map (M) FHL, MCPL, SHS (B) FHL (paper copy), MCPL, SHS, DCL (reprint) (RO) HQ (last pages of book) ($B) BP ($205), HIG ($90 reprint) ($CD) BP ($45 only part of map included) |
1891 Rock Island Railroad Route by
Matthews, Northrup, & Co. SUMMARY: Shows the
multistate complete line of the Rock Island railroad (formerly called theChillicothe
& Des Moines City, which changed to Chicago & Southwestern (Hist DC 1882 p.
394)) and thus suggests travel routes before the coming of the automobile.
Included on the map are Daviess County stops at Winston, Altamont, and
Gallatin. |
(O) MEML: Railroad map (slow loading) |
1893-1921 Fire Maps by Sanborn
Fire Insurance Map Company SUMMARY: Of perhaps little genealogical value due to lack of family names, these maps have great historical value into existing town structures and businesses in Daviess county such as Pattonsburg and Gallatin.
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(O) UMDL: Search for a town or street name |
1895 Daviess County Map -- US Atlas
SUMMARY: Taken from a US 1895 Atlas, this is a
map of Daviess County towns in 1895, many of which are now gone. |
(O) LGMI: County map (slow loading) |
1898 Daviess County Plat Book by
NorthWest Publishing Co., at least 31 pages
SUMMARY: Contains land ownership maps arranged by
geographical township/range beginning with T59N R26W (No. Jackson civil
township) and proceeding in a complicated order generally from southeast to
northwest Daviess County. Detailed city plats are interspersed near
their corresponding township maps. Some cemeteries plotted. |
(O) DCGW:
All township
map images (M) MOSA (B) SHS ($M) MOSA ($15) |
1916 Daviess County Plat Book by George
A. Ogle & Co., at least 83 pages
SUMMARY: Contains plat maps of townships, detailed city maps, and
photographs of prominent individuals and structures. Some cemeteries
plotted. |
(B) SHS (M) SHS |
1930 Daviess County Plat Book by W W Hixon & Co [also
called the 192X plat book]
SUMMARY: Contains land ownership maps. Some cemeteries plotted. |
(O) UMDL:
All township map images (O) CDL: SE corner of Harrison/Jackson Twps (B) SHS |
*1975 Daviess County Plat Book by Rockford Map Publishers | (B) SHS ($B) RMP ($30) |
*1985 Daviess County Plat Book by Rockford Map Publishers, 34 pages | (B) FHL, MCPL, SHS ($B) RMP ($30) |
*1990 Daviess County Plat Book by Mull Map Service (now Marceline Mapping),
34 pages
SUMMARY: Contains land ownership maps; indexed. Some cemeteries
plotted and/or indexed. |
($B) MM (by special reprint request only) |
*1998 Daviess County Plat Book by Miller Management
Services (now Marceline Mapping), 58 pages SUMMARY:
Contains land ownership maps; indexed. Some cemeteries plotted and/or
indexed. |
($B) MM ($10) |
*2000 Jefferson Township Map & Factsheet
by Steve Reid SUMMARY: Simple geopolitical map showing cemetery locations in Jefferson Twp. Also includes present & historical facts. |
(O) DCC: Jefferson Twp map |
*2002 Daviess County Plat Book by Marceline Mapping | ($B) MM ($50) |
*c. 2002 Jamesport Area Country Map
SUMMARY: Modern area map showing Jamesport Amish-area
attractions in Daviess, Grundy, and Livingston Counties. Plots some of
the area cemeteries as well. Although jamesport-mo.com maintains what
appears to be an update of this map, the older archived version linked here
and available through waybackmachine.org is more detailed for genealogical
purposes. |
(O) JMC: Archived map |
2003 Map of Daviess County Cemeteries by
Steve Reid SUMMARY: Shows townships, towns, and plots
cemetery locations with clickable hotspots to cemetery information. |
(O) DCC: Map of Cemeteries |
Daviess County General Highway Map by Missouri State
Highway Department
SUMMARY: A low-cost, professional, detailed, black & white county road
map on 18"x27" paper. The map is periodically updated. Besides
roads, the map plots and names streams, cities, townships, railroads, etc.
Unnamed map items include rural edifices, many cemeteries, unpaved roads,
towers, and quarries. |
(B) MCPL (1975 version) (B) MDOT (current version around $1, maybe plus postage) |
Daviess County Internet Cemetery Maps by
Steve Reid
SUMMARY: A webpage of links to maps by TerraServer and Tiger showing
specific cemetery locations for many cemeteries. |
(O) DCC: Cemetery links |
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) SUMMARY: GNIS is a publicly available project by the USGS which gives the names, altitudes, GPS coordinates, links to topographical (TerraServer and Topozone) maps, links to a political map (Tiger), and links to aerial photos of geopolitical features by county. Of particular interest to this guide are the 15 cemeteries of Daviess County named by GNIS and their corresponding information & links. |
(O) USGS: GNIS Cemetery listings (use the form to query for Daviess County, Missouri, feature type = cemetery) |