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Arranged chronologically, the map collection documents the development of DeKalb County over the past two centuries.  The collection includes 1924 Sanborn Maps of Atlanta, the 1928 topographical maps of Atlanta, and the 1915 Maynard-Carter-Simmons Atlas of DeKalb County.


> DeKalb County Map Guide


Year
Dis.
L.L.
Made By:
Made For:
Size
Scale
Abstract
1730.1.0.0
Entire
State
Marion R. Hemperly c.1932
Georgia D.O.T.
14.5"x 17''
1 in. = 20 miles
Georgia, Early roads and trails 1730-1850
1748.1.0.0
N/A
N/A
unknown
unknown
14"x19"
unknown
Georgia, The Gulf Coast and the Lower Mississippi, 1748
1800.1.0.0
18th & 6th
N/A
Perkins, Brown in 1995
Dunwoody Homeowners Association
11"x17"
1.8 in. = 1 mile
Hand drawn recreation of Hightower Indian Trail, overlayed onto 1995 road map
1800.1.2.0
18th & 6th
N/A
Perkins, Brown in 1995
Dunwoody Homeowners Association
11"x17"
1.8 in. = 1 mile
Hand drawn recreation of Hightower Indian Trail, overlayed onto 1995 road map
1800.1.1.1
18th & 6th
N/A
Perkins, Brown in 1995
Dunwoody Homeowners Association
11"x17"
1.8 in. = 1 mile
Hand drawn recreation of Hightower Indian Trail, overlayed onto 1995 road map
1800.1.1.2
18th & 6th
N/A
Perkins, Brown in 1995
Dunwoody Homeowners Association
11"x17"
1.8 in. = 1 mile
Hand drawn recreation of Hightower Indian Trail, overlayed onto 1995 road map
1800.2.0.0
North Half
of GA
John H. Goff
unknown
11"x17"
1 in. = 20 miles
Early Indian trails overlayed onto modern county base map
1805U.1.0.0
NW GA
N/A
unknown
unknown
40"x22"
unknown
Northwest GA, including DeKalb County 1805-1818 (exact date unknown), map mounted on foamboard
1805.2.0.0
SW GA
N/A
unknown
unknown
40"x22"
unknown
Southwest Georgia, including the confluence of the Flint River and the Chattahoochie River into the Gulf of Mexico
1805.3.0.0
DeKalb
N/A
unknown
unknown
14"x10"
unknown
Eventual DeKalb County and surrounding area (pre-1820s)
1811.1.0.0
North GA
N/A
unknown
unknown
15"x17"
unknown
North Georgia, eastern counties, western Indian territory (1811-1818)
1821.1.0.0
15th
All
John Kell
State of GA
19"x24"
40 chains = 1 in.
Entire 15th district in 1821, Henry County
1821.2.0.0
Entire
State
unknown
unknown
8.5"x11"
1 in. = 35 miles
Entire state of Georgia, showing Henry County before the formation of DeKalb, shows all counties as of 1821. Mounted
1839.1.0.0
Entire
State
J. Knight
unknown
10.5"x 13"
1 in. = 25 miles
Entire State of Georgia, showing all counties as of 1839, shows roads, canals, steamboat routes, and mines. Mounted
1861.1.0.0
Entire
State
J. Harmon Smith (1961)
Dept. of Commerce
24"x30"
1 in. = 15 miles
Military action in the state of Georgia during the Civil War (1861-1864). Mounted
1864.1.0.0
DeKalb Co.
N/A
unknown
unknown
18"x30"
5/8 in. = 1 mile
No Civil War information, county base map
1864.2.0.0
Fulton & DeKalb
N/A
Wilbur G. Kurtz
Atlanta Historical Society
19"x23"
1.5 in. = 1 mile
Civil War battles around Atlanta, summer of 1864, recreated by Wilbur Kurtz in 1938.
1864.3.0.0
Fulton & DeKalb
N/A
GA D.O.T.
Civil War Centennial
36"x24"
2.5 in. = 1 mile
Battle of Peachtree Creek, Battle of Atlanta, Battle of Ezra Church. Overlayed onto 1964 road map
1964.4.0.0
15th
246th
Army of the Ohio
Union Army
15.75"x 15.75"
1 in. = 468 ft.
Civil War map of Decatur and surrounding area.
1964.4.0.1
15th
246th
Army of the Ohio
Union Army
15.75"x 15.75"
1 in. = 468 ft.
Civil War map of Decatur and surrounding area.
1866.1.0.0
15th
246
unknown
unknown
17"x17"
unknown
Courthouse square and surrounding streets with names of residences and businesses
1869.1.1.0
DeKalb
N/A
B.W. Frobel
State of GA
17"x18"
90 chains = 1 in.
Entire county, shows federal and county roads
1869.1.2.0
DeKalb
N/A
B.W. Frobel
State of GA
17"x18"
90 chains = 1 in.
Entire county, shows federal and county roads
1869.1.2.1
DeKalb
N/A
B.W. Frobel
State of GA
17"x18"
90 chains = 1 in.
Entire county, shows federal and county roads, Reversed copy of the original (see 1869.1.2.0)
1884.1.0.0
Entire Region
N/A
C.C. Royce
Smithsonian Ist.
19"x17"
3 in. = 80 miles
Map of the former territorial limits of the Cherokee "nation" of Indians, North Georgia and surrounding states
1888.1.0.0
DeKalb Co.
N/A
USGS
USGS
18"x21"
1 in. = 2 miles
Camp Gordon and vicinity, shows DeKalb and surrounding counties, topographical map, updated through 1919.
1888.1.0.1
DeKalb Co.
N/A
USGS
USGS
18"x21"
1 in. = 2 miles
Camp Gordon and vicinity, shows DeKalb and surrounding counties, topographical map, updated through 1919.
1894.1.0.0
18th & 17th
N/A
Chuck Brown, Michael Hitt
unknown
8.5"x11"
1 in. = 1.33 miles
Routes of the Roswell Railroad and the Bull Sluice Railroad, hand drawn recreation
1900U.1.0.0
15th
211
T.C. Jackson
Warren Property Subdivision
9"x18"
1 in. = 120 ft.
Howard Street, Warren Street, Kirkwood
1900U.2.0.0
18th
116, 99, 64, 47
unknown
unknown
11.5"x 18"
unknown
Auction notice for sale of Milton A. Candler farm land
1900U.3.0.0
15th
235, 214
unknown
unknown
17"x22"
1 in. = 150 ft.
Real estate advertisement, Agnes Scott area
1900U.4.0.0
15th
235, 214
unknown
unknown
19"x27"
1 in. = 150 ft.
Real estate advertisement, Agnes Scott area
1905.1.0.0
15th
241-244
Olmsted Bros.
Kirkwood Land Company
30"x17"
1 in = 400 ft.
Original topographic plat map showing parcels in Olmsted Parks
1907.1.0.0
15th
207
O.F. Kauffman
Atlanta Suburban Land Corp.
19"x15"
1 in = 100 ft.
Sales plat map for Atlanta Suburban Land Corporation, Intersection of Clifton and Boulevard Streets
1907.2.0.0
15th
240
Ransom Rogers
unknown
17"x10"
1 in = 120 ft.
Northwest Candler Park neighborhood, Real estate advertisement
1907.3.0.0
15th
207
O.F. Kauffman
Atlanta Suburban Land Corp.
18"x13"
1 in = 100 ft.
Kirkwood neighborhood, cadastral information
1909.1.0.0
15th
238, 239
Conn & Thomas
Edgewood Park Reality Company
14"x 10.5"
unknown
Shows lots and prices in Lake Claire neighborhood
1909.2.0.0
15th
176
unknown
Newton, St. John Subdivision
6"x13"
1 in = 100 ft.
East Atlanta neighborhood, Real estate lots for sale
1909.3.0.0
15th
240
Ransom Rogers
unknown
19"x29"
1 in = 80 ft.
Western Candler Park, cadastral information
1909.4.0.0
15th
182
Conn & Thomas
East Lake Reality Company
18"x23"
1 in = 150 ft
East Lake neighborhood, plat map of lots surrounding Atlanta Athletic Club
1910U.1.0.0
15th
235
W.T. Wilson
unknown
13"x14"
1 in = 50 ft.
Agnes Scott neighborhood, Real estate los for sale
1910U.2.0.0
15th
234, 214-216
unknown
E.H. Inman Property
17"x25"
1 in = 400 ft.
City of Decatur, south side, lots for sale in Inman Property Subdivision. Laminated
1910U.3.0.0
15th
241
unknown
unknown
16"x9"
1 in. = 200 ft/
Cadastral, Fairview Road, West end of Ponce de Leon Avenue, Springdale Park, Oakgrove Park, Virgilee Park
1910U.3.0.1
15th
241
unknown
unknown
16"x9"
1 in. = 200 ft.
Cadastral, Fairview Road, West end of Ponce de Leon Avenue, Springdale Park, Oakgrove Park, Virgilee Park. Photo Copy
1911.1.0.0a
N. 1/2 of DeKalb
N/A
C.S. Mercer
DeKalb Schools
24"x18"
1 in. = 60 chains
County school system districts-valid through 1930
1911.1.0.0b
S. 1/2 of DeKalb
N/A
C.S. Mercer
DeKalb Schools
24"x18"
1 in. = 60 chains
County school system districts-valid through 1930
1911.2.0.0
15th
210
Knox Thomas
B.M Grant & Co.
14"x15"
1 in. = 50 ft.
Candler Park, McLendon Street, Mell Avenue, and Edgewood Avenue. Blueprint
1912.1.0.0
17th-Fulton 18th-Dekalb
10, 11 239,340
Knox Thomas
Brookhaven Estates
30"x28"
1 in. = 225 ft.
Brookhaven Country Club and surrounding lots for sale
1912.2.0.0
15th
234, 235
unknown
G.B. Scott
11"x16"
1 in. = 250 ft.
Subdivision lots for Winnona Park, includes photos
1912.3.1.0
15th
246
Walter McCurdy Jr.
DeKalb Historical Society
16"x21"
1 in. = 200 ft.
Recreation of Decatur 1912 overlayed onto 1981 property boundries
1912.3.2.0
15th
246
Walter McCurdy Jr.
DeKalb Historical Society
16"x21"
1 in. = 200 ft.
Recreation of Decatur 1912 overlayed onto 1981 property boundries
1912.3.3.0
15th
246
Walter McCurdy Jr.
DeKalb Historical Society
16"x21"
1 in. = 200 ft.
Recreation of Decatur 1912 overlayed onto 1981 property boundries
1913.1.0.0
18th
6
O.F. Kauffman
Wilbur Kirkpatrick
8.5"x11"
unknown
Great Lake Streets, real estate land lots
1913.2.0.0
18th
238, 239
Charles Boyer
Fernwood Estates
15"x16"
1 in. = 100 ft.
Subdivision of plats in vicinity of Brookhaven Road and Peachtree Road with information on back (out of Atlanta Constitution May 4, 1913)
1913.3.0.0
18th
200, 239
Charles Boyer
Brookhaven Heights
16"x18"
1 in. = 100 ft.
Subdivision of plats in vicinity of Brookhaven Road and Peachtree Road
1913.4.0.0
15th
212, 237, 238
R.B. Railey
McKenzie Trust Co.
23"x22"
1 in. = 100 ft.
Lake Claire Neighborhood, shows Palifox Drive and Tuxedo Avenue
1914.1.0.0
15th
234, 2335
C.S. Mercer
Winnona Park
12"x22"
1 in. = 100 ft.
Winnona Park subdivision, real estate lots, blueprint
1914.2.0.0
18th-DeKalb 17th-Fulton
108 5
O.F. Kauffman
Woodland Hills
24"x19"
1 in. = 100 ft.
Subdivision plat map, Woodland Hills, vicinity of LaVista and Cheshire Bridge
1915.1.0.0
DeKalb (some)
N/A
Maynard, Carter, Simmons
DeKalb County
24"x19"
unknown
Section 5 of 8 (other sections missing), comprehensive DeKalb Co map, see oversized files for full map, cadastral
1917.1.0.0
16th
73, 47, 89, 90, 125, 126
C.S. Mercer
City of Stone Mountain
18"x24"
unknown
Individual lot ownership, railroads, electric railway, town features, cadastral. Mounted
1917.2.0.0
18th
N/A
C.S. Mercer
City of Stone Mountain
1in. = 15 ft.
Map of the City of Stone Mountain with cadastral information.
1926.1.0.0
15th
N/A
O.F. Kauffman
Avendale Estates
24"x33"
1 in. = 200 ft.
General plan for units one and two of Avondale Estates with additional information on back
1930U.1.0.0
18th
see abstract
unknown
unknown
18"x40"
1 in. = 35 ft.
Hand drawn blueprint with cadastral information Land Lots 112-114, 148-150, 159-161, 193-195, 204-206, 233-235
1930U.2.0.0
18th
101-103
unknown
unknown
18"x9"
1 in. = 35 ft.
Hand drawn blueprint with cadastral information, same surveyor as 1900U.1.0.0
1935.1.1.0
Entire County
N/A
S.D. Martin (Dixie Map Corp.)
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
Official school district map, improved roads, land lots, districts, county officials' names, original paste-up
1935.1.2.0
Entire County
N/A
S.D. Martin (Dixie Map Corp.)
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
Official school district map, improved roads, land lots, districts, county officials' names, mylar print
1937.1.1.0
Entire County
N/A
S.D. Martin (Dixie Map Corp.)
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb County map, roads, school districts, militia districts, dirt roads, schools, churches, street car lines
1937.1.2.0
Entire County
N/A
S.D. Martin (Dixie Map Corp.)
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb County map, roads, school districts, militia districts, dirt roads, schools, churches, street car lines, mounted
1940U.1.0.0
15th & 18th
see abstract
unknown
most likely City of Decatur
38"x28"
1 in. = 450 ft.
City of Decatur, cadastral information Land Lots 15th Dist.=202-204, 212-215, 244-247, 18th Dist.=4-7, 50, 51
1945.1.0.0
18th
53
L.H. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. M.R. Goldman
19"x16"
1 in. = 30 ft.
Survey of M.R. Goldman property, Emory Village
1945.2.0.0
Entire County
N/A
unknown
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb County road map with index of roads and latitude and longitude
1945.2.0.1
Entire County
N/A
unknown
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb County road map with index of roads and latitude and longitude
1945.2.0.2
Entire County
N/A
unknown
DeKalb County
24"x30"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb County road map with index of roads and latitude and longitude
1946.1.0.0
Entire County
N/A
Hardie C. Bass, Jr.
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
13"x17"
1 in. = 1.33 miles
Landmarks and attractions in DeKalb County
1948.1.0.0
Entire County
N/A
Georgia DOT
Georgia DOT
18"x38"
1 in. = 1 mile
DeKalb Country roads and militia districts and abundant other information in the map legend
1950U.1.0.0
18th
N/A
Robert & Co. Associates
Stone Mountain Memorial Ass.
25"x18"
1 in. = 750 ft.
Master plan for the Stone Mountain Memorial, color
1952.1.0.0
Almost Entire County
N/A
unknown
unknown
17"x22"
unknown
Postmaster's map
1954.1.0.0
Entire County
N/A
Georgia DOT
Georgia DOT
18"x38"
1 in. = 1 miles
DeKalb County roads, militia districts, and other information in the map legend
1955.1.0.0
Entire County
N/A
unknown
DeKalb County
36"x27"
1 in. = .75 miles
DeKalb County road map, Rural Road Authority project
1956.1.0.0
15th & 16th
see abstract
USGS
Dept. of Interior
22"x27"