OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/NJ

Mapping the development around (roughly) Springfield, NJ in southern Essex County from colonial times to the present.

https://openhistoricalmap.org/#map=13/40.7188/-74.3080

Maps

Sources include:

• Library of Congress (ex. https://www.loc.gov/maps/?q=essex+county+nj&sb=date)
• USGS maps (https://store.usgs.gov/map-locator or https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#13/40.7032/-74.3389)
• New York Public Library (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index)
• Princeton University Library Sanborn Maps (https://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/sanborn-web.htm)

All of the maps from these are public domain and freely available for use. There exist other websites online, but I'm not sure the images can be freely used for mapping.

Listing (with survey year) [and listed year in square brackets]:

• 1776 (mostly useless) https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3800.ar104500/?r=0.366,1.896,0.225,0.106,0
• 1850 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813e.la000446/?r=0.304,0.653,0.25,0.118,0
• 1859 (Essex County) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5ec6350-c48f-0134-f790-00505686a51c#/?uuid=d66b2e70-c48f-0134-d00a-00505686a51c
• 1862 (Millburn and south, bad alignment) https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813u.la000467/?r=0.416,0.14,0.125,0.059,0
• 1873 (hard to read, shows NJWL) https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3810m.gla00033/?sp=15&r=0.168,0.39,0.384,0.181,0
• 1874 (Millburn and north, shows NJWL) https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813e.la000448/?r=0.031,0.199,0.098,0.208,270
• 1877 (Millburn and north) https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813e.la000449/?r=-0.53,-0.031,2.06,0.972,0
• 1881 (Essex County) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/atlases-of-the-united-states#/?tab=navigation&roots=4:41d3d070-c5ec-012f-3904-58d385a7bc34/3:81c16530-c5ec-012f-2a6b-58d385a7bc34
• 1886 Millburn Center https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-h702q833t
• 1887 [1888 and later] https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/62500/NJ_Plainfield_255320_1888_62500_geo.pdf
• 1887-9, 1897 (probably the same as above in NJ) https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=19961a86c97f231cbffb11386b6d4222
• 1890? (Essex County) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c38b23e0-fdd2-0134-f8c1-4da7f75491cc
• 1890 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3813u.ct011154/?r=0.349,0.691,0.256,0.121,0
• 1893 (Essex County) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8129aa10-d511-0134-e3a2-00505686a51c
• 1893 Summit Center https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3814sm.g3814sm_g056341893/?sp=1&r=-0.896,-0.131,2.792,1.318,0
• 1895 Millburn Center https://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/essex/millburn.html
• 1898 Summit Center https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3814sm.g3814sm_g056341898/?st=gallery
• 1899? [1905] https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/62500/NJ_Plainfield_255326_1905_62500_geo.pdf
• 1903 Summit https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05634_003/
• 1906 (Union County) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/atlases-of-the-united-states#/?tab=navigation&roots=4:41d3d070-c5ec-012f-3904-58d385a7bc34/15:38b11ad0-c5ed-012f-7f90-58d385a7bc34
• 1911 Summit https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05634_004/
• 1912 Millburn https://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/essex/millburn.html
• 1921 Summit https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05634_005/
• 1921 Springfield https://library.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/union/springfield-township.html
• 1922 Summit https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3814sm.g3814sm_g056341922/?st=gallery or https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/atlases-of-the-united-states#/?tab=navigation&roots=4:41d3d070-c5ec-012f-3904-58d385a7bc34/16:46ab6d10-c5ed-012f-3f75-58d385a7bc34
• 1943 [1947] https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/24000/NJ_Roselle_472569_1943_24000_geo.pdf
• 1950 Millburn https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3814mm.g3814mm_g055531950/?st=gallery
• 1951 Union https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3814um.g3814um_g056421951/?st=gallery
• 1955? https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/24000/NJ_Roselle_254839_1955_24000_geo.pdf
• 1958 Union https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05642_002/
• 1970 https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/24000/NJ_Roselle_254840_1955_24000_geo.pdf
• 1976 or 1981 https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/24000/NJ_Roselle_254842_1955_24000_geo.pdf
• 1995 https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/NJ/24000/NJ_Roselle_254843_1995_24000_geo.pdf
• 2006-10 (roads from company) https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=014438464880c6d377aab534e4382e85
• 2013 (roads from company) https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=9d0f7a786f86615906e0041a0fb72182
• 2015-6 (roads from Census Bureau) https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=3b6a5fafa83dd32affc973d8b8d0a017
• 2016 (roads from Census Bureau) https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=31b6b55281f11999a89fd6bcb084f2d5

Notes:

• Union County was formed from Essex County in 1857
• USGS Maps last surveyed in 1943, henceforth use aerial imagery or other sources