19th Century Atlases of Erie County Pennsylvania
Our goal at Ancestor Tracks is to publish maps and land ownership information allowing researchers to place more precisely the locations where our ancestors lived. The state of Pennsylvania began platting the exact metes-and-bounds tracts of the earliest landowners, township-by-township, starting in 1907, and these Erie County Township Warrantee Maps can be ordered from the Pennsylvania Archives.
We eventually plan to index and publish these warrantee maps, but we will not be able to get around to Erie County for several years. In the meantime, we are posting images from both the 1865 and the 1876 atlases of Erie County. These atlases are located in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division in Washington, D.C. The later atlas is clearer than the 1865 atlas, and it also shows the actual boundaries of each tract and the number of acres included in it. These atlases are particularly useful when coupled with the 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses and published county histories such as the 1884 History of Erie County by Benjamin Whitman.
Images of the 1876 Combination Atlas Map of Erie County, Pennsylvania. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys. Everts, Ensign and Everts, Philadelphia are below. Click on the township of your choice. Once the images are loaded, they will appear to be illegible but they can then be enlarged and clarified by clicking on them. They may also be saved to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "Save Image As..."
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