Maps of Kansas

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

Kansas Maps are generally an important area of ancestors and family history research, especially in the event you live faraway from where your ancestor lived. Because Kansas political boundaries frequently changed, historic maps are generally critical in assisting you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors ended up being, and more.

Kansas Maps typically tend to be an outstanding source for how to get started with your research, since they give substantially beneficial information and facts instantly. Kansas Maps can be a major source of substantial amounts of information and facts on family history.

The Kansas State Historical Society's volume 8 of Transactions contains a good map series, which clearly shows how Kansas counties were developed.

There are approximately 21,000 architectural drawings and maps included in the Kansas State Historical Society's collection. The maps came from various sources, including individuals, railroads, government agencies, and map publishers. Researchers can obtain information based on time periods and locations. A list of Kansas towns that no longer exist, known as the Kansas Dead Town List, is also available.

The Kansas Department of Transportation can provide researchers with access to the General Highway Maps, which are organized according to the name of each county. Those maps mark all of the following important landmarks and information: Cemeteries, Churches, Land Holdings, Township and Range Lines, Section Numbers, Water Courses, Other Important Structures.

Kansas County Formation Map

(Kansas maps made with the use AniMap Plus 3.0 & with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)
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Kansas 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 Kansas and Kansas counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Kansas maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Kansas.

Disclaimer: All Kansas 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
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Kansas County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

The Kansas 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.

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
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Kansas Map Description & Links

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