Maps
Inventory for this collection is in progress. Our inventory of Massachusetts and United States maps has not yet been completed.
Boxford Town Maps
1795 (copy)
1830
1856
1870
1872
1884
US Geological Survey Map, 1917
1922 (one marked with seasonal water, permanent water, wood roads and auto roads)
General Highway Map of Essex County, 1939 (detailed legend captures all residence types including camps, public buildings, businesses, public spaces, road surfacing etc.) (only shows Boxford and North Andover; used for 1950 Boxford census)
Map of Boxford Roads with buildings marked, c. 1940s
1940 map with “TBM” and “AB” locations marked Boxford Flood Hazard Boundary Maps, 1976 (from the Thomas Papers collection)
Map of Boxford Roads and Dwellings, 1944 (cloth and paper copy)
Ordinance Survey of Boxford, War Department Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1944
Map of Boxford, County of Essex Engineering Department, 1932, revised 1942, 1952, 1954
1967 Soil maps by the US Department of Agriculture
Relationship of soils to seasonal high water table
General soil map
Soil limitations for septic tank sewage disposal
Soil limitations for commercial and industrial sites with on-site sewage disposal
Soil limitations for home sites
Soil limitations for athletic fields
Soil limitations for sources of sand and gravel
Soil limitations for roads
Soil limitations for wetland wildlife sites
Soil limitations for school sites
Land slope characteristics
Airphoto Index
1970 natural resource map showing buildings, topography and natural features
1975 map showing property parcel outlines
Boxford map with Wildlife Sanctuary outlined, c. 1928
Boxford Town Maps with Historical Information
Boxford Map of Old Roads, 1652-1850, with 1830 list of landowners, map compiled and drawn by Winthrop P. Haynes, 1944, roads added by John and Winnifrid Parkhurst, 1955
1790-1795 map with list of householders
1830 map with list of householders
1856 map with “Old Boxford Roads” written in by Winnifrid Parkhurst
1884 map with Perley numbers and landowners written in by Winthrop P. Haynes
1884 map of East Boxford only with Perley # annotations – in Dorothy Woodbury Collection
1939 map with Perley numbers and landowners by Withrop P. Haynes and Miss Herrick
Boxford House Locations c.1930-1933, by Shaw family
Map of Boxford Center showing the first land divisions, by Withrop P. Haynes, 1952
Xerox copy of map to accompany “Old Roads of Boxford, 1652-1855” by John W. and Winnifrid C. Parkhurst, 1955
Map of West Boxford bounded by Washington Street, Willow Road, Pine Plain Road and Uptack Road, showing Boxford town line in Groveland prior to 1856, c. 1910s
Map showing locations of all historic schools in Boxford, with historical descriptions, map used is the Town Zoning Map, 1977
Map of Boxford Center (East Boxford) 1699-1703 landowners on 1945 roads and house map, by Winthrop aynesHaynes, 1945
Map of the Boxford Historical Bicycle Trail, 1986
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
Hand-drawn map of Boxford showing dates for West Boxford roads, created after 1959 (from the estate of Richard Hopping)
Index map of Boxford, drawn and numbered to illustrate Sidney Perley’s “Dwellings of Boxford”
Partial Boxford Town Maps
Map of land from North Parish Church in North Andover (at the circle) to the intersection of Spofford Street and Rte. 133 / Andover Street, showing Great Pond Road, Essex Street, Washington Street, Ipswich Road, and Highland Road in Boxford, 1827
Map showing route along Ipswich Road from Topsfield Common to Second Church in Boxford, c. 1820s-1830s
Map showing Main Street (Old Road and New Road) by Sperry Pond, West Boxford, 1873
Groveland MA assessors plan, 1903 (includes Boxford on Georgetown town line)
Hand-drawn maps of East Village and West Village centers with homeowners, c. 1940
Map of Boxford Center, 1945
Map of East Boxford c. 1950s-1960s
Historic District maps of East Boxford and Howe Village historic districts with homeowners, 1970
US Geological Survey Map, Georgetown MA Quadrangle (includes West Boxford), 1966 (includes photorevised copy, 1979)
US Geological Survey Map, South Groveland MA Quadrangle (includes West Boxford), 1952, 1966 (includes photorevised copy, 1979)
Hand-drawn map showing Haynes Home (57 Main Street) with embedded photograph
Map showing Boxford and Topsfield Village and “Elmlea” (Haynes home at 57 Main Street)
Boxford Topographical Maps
Topographical map of Boxford, 1900 (street names filled in by hand)
US Geological Survey Map (topographical map, includes buildings), c. late 1950s
US Geological Survey Map (topographical map, includes buildings), 1944, 1966
US Geological Survey Map (topographical map, includes some buildings), 1893 (also 1916/1925 reprints of 1893 map)
US Geological Survey Map of Boxford with locus for Georgetown Sand and Gravel Co. pit, 1966
West Boxford Topographical map, shows all buildings, no date (late 1800s-early 1900s)
Topographical Map of Boxford, includes some buildings, no date
Boxford Military Maps
Map of Vicinity of Cadet Camp Covered by Practice March Co. C 2nd Corps Cadets [Camp Stanton / Camp Curtis Guild], 1899
Boxford Open Spaces Maps
Boxford map with Wildlife Sanctuary outlined, c. 1928
Map, Upper and Lower Paths Around Baldpate, 1963
Map, Lockwood Realty Trust, BTA/BOLT, Nancy Merrill Files, 1996
Map of Boxford State Forest by New England Orienteering Club Inc., 1981
Map of Boxford Wildlife Reservation, 1928
BTA/BOLT, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission- Regional Bikeway Proposal Map, 1975
Map of the Boxford State Forest and the John C. Phillips Wildlife Sanctuary, no date (in Dorothy Woodbury Collection)
Boxford Zoning Maps
Map with districts and land divisions, 1962
Map with topography, districts, and land divisions, 1976
Map with districts, land divisions, and insets for the village stores, old Dole Hill Road (off of Washington Street), and Georgetown Road shopping center, 1977
Map with districts, land divisions, and insets for the village stores, old Dole Hill Road (off of Washington Street), and Georgetown Road shopping center, proposed Four Mile Village development, 1977 with 1981 revision
Boxford Zoning Map with 1984 revisions
Boxford Zoning Map, 1985
Tri-Town Maps
Maps of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield, c.1959, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2000
Street Guide Map of Topsfield – Boxford – Middleton – Georgetown, 1960
Map Poster of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield, Topsfield Rotary Club, 1987
Map of Boxford and Topsfield, League of Women Voters, 1967, 1968, 1980
Map of Boxford and Topsfield, Village Properties, 8 Central Street, Topsfield, 1988
Map of Boxford and Topsfield, Boxford Realty, 119 Depot Road, Boxford, no date
Map of Boxford, Topsfield and Middleton, from Winthrop P. Haynes papers, c. 1960s
Essex County Maps
1872 map of Essex County (copy)
Essex County Driving Road maps, 1884, printed by Geo H. Walker & Co. (for the Atlas of Essex County and for Briggs & Co. Druggist)
Rural Delivery Routes Essex County Mass, Post Office Department (c.1910’s-1920’s)
US Department of Agriculture, Essex County Soil Map, 1925
Essex County road map, Gloucester Chamber of Commerce, 1926
Map of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1939
Map of Essex County, 1942
Map of Essex County, Engineering Department, Robert R Evans, 1942 (1966 revision)
US Geological Survey Map, Synopsis of Water Resources of the Essex River Basin, 1964 (Dorothy Woodbury collection, 2005)
US Geological Survey Map of Essex County 1978 (2 copies)
Hand-drawn map of Essex County showing dates of incorporation for towns, created after 1959 (from the estate of Richard Hopping)
Regional Maps
US Geological Survey Map Topographical map of Parker River Watershed Parker and Rowley River Drainage Basins, locations of wells and test holes, Massachusetts Department of Public Works (showing buildings, topography and natural features) 1940s (?)
Map of Existing Interstate 95 and [proposed] Alternative Routes, c. 1970s (?)
BTA/BOLT, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission- Regional Bikeway Proposal Map, 1975
17th Century maps of New England (copies)
Partial Esso gas station map of New England, c.1940s
United States Maps
Map of America, 1593 (copy)
Americae Pars Borealis (copy)
Complete Historical Map of the United States, by Herbert W. Hetherington, 1950
Andover, MA
Map of Andover by Moses Dorman Jr, 1830 (includes North Andover)
Boston, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Boston and Vicinity, 1917 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Boston South Quadrangle, 1970 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Boston North Quadrangle, 1950 (1946 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Essex, MA
1937-1938
Georgetown, MA
Georgetown, MA map from D. G. Beers’ Atlas of Essex County, 1872
Georgetown, MA Business District, Beers’ Atlas of Essex County, 1872
Map of Boston and Maine Railroad Track and Right-of-Way at Georgetown and Newbury line, 1914
1937-1938
Map of Georgetown, MA 1950 by Georgetown Pharmacy INC (from Dorothy Woodbury’s collection)
Essex County Electric Company Maps
Georgetown-Topsfield line 1954
US Geological Survey Map, Georgetown Flood Plain, 1980
Gloucester, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Gloucester, 1906 (1893 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Gloucester Quadrangle, 1941 (1893 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Gloucester Quadrangle, 1945 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Groveland, MA
Groveland MA assessors plan, 1903 (includes Boxford on Georgetown town line)
1937-1938
Map of the Town of Groveland, MA by the Groveland Planning Board, no date (from Dorothy Woodbury’s collection)
Hamilton, MA
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
Haverhill, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Haverhill, 1884 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
1937-1938
US Geological Survey Map, Haverhill Quadrangle, 1943 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Haverhill Quadrangle (MA / NH), 1955 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Essex County Electric Company Maps
Haverhill-Newburyport line 1955
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1872”
Hull, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Hull Quadrangle, 1971 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Ipswich, MA
1937-1938
Hood’s Pond Section of Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich and Topsfield, 1937
US Geological Survey Map, Ipswich Quadrangle, 1945
US Geological Survey Map, Ipswich Quadrangle, 1950 (1941-1942 reprint)
US Geological Survey Map, Ipswich Quadrangle, 1951 (1945 reprint)
Map Atlas of Ipswich North-Shore water and land resources 1977
Lawrence, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Lawrence, 1908 (1893 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Lawrence, 1917 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
1937-1938
US Geological Survey Map, Lawrence Quadrangle, 1944 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Lawrence Quadrangle, 1966 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Lynn, MA
Map of Lynn-Swampscott town lines, 1852 (includes tracing of 1600’s property owners)
US Geological Survey Map, Lynn Quadrangle, 1950 (1946 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Marblehead, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Marblehead North Quadrangle, 1951 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Marblehead South Quadrangle, 1948 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Methuen, MA
1937-1938
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
Middleton, MA
Middleton, MA, D. G. Beers’ Atlas of Essex County, 1872
1937-1938
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
Nantasket Beach, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Nantasket Beach Quadrangle, 1961 (showing buildigns, topography, and natural features)
Newbury, MA
Map of Newbury, MA, 1795
Map of Boston and Maine Railroad Track and Right-of-Way at Georgetown and Newbury line, 1914
Newburyport, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Newburyport, 1908 (1884 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Newburyport West Quadrangle, 1944 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Newburyport East Quadrangle, 1945 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Newburyport East Quadrangle, 1952 (1942 reprint)
US Geological Survey Map, Newburyport West Quadrangle, 1952 (1942 reprint)
Essex County Electric Company Maps
Haverhill-Newburyport line 1955
North Andover, MA
1937-1938
General Highway Map of Essex County, 1939 (detailed legend captures all residence types including camps, public buildings, businesses, public spaces, road surfacing etc.) (only shows Boxford and North Andover; used for 1950 Boxford census)
Map of North Andover MA, Ralph B Brasseur C.E., original and 1957 revision
North Andover Zoning Map, 1964
Reading, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Reading Quadrangle, 1945, 1951, 1966 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Rockport, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Rockport Quadrangle, 1950 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Rowley, MA
Map of Rowley, “Mr Ezechi Rogers Plantation shalbee called Rowley,” original house lots from 1634-1645, published by Rowley Historical Society on the occasion of The Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary, 1930 (2 copies)
Map of town of Rowley MA, by Philander Anderson, 1830 (includes modern Georgetown and Byfield)
1937-1938
Salem, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Salem, 1908(1893 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Salem, 1916 (1893 reprint) (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Salem, 1917 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
US Geological Survey Map, Salem Quadrangle, 1944 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Swampscott, MA
Map of Lynn-Swampscott town lines, 1852 (includes tracing of 1600’s property owners)
Topsfield, MA
1937-1938
Hood’s Pond Section of Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich and Topsfield, 1937
Historic map of Topsfield, 1650-1950
Essex County Electric Company Maps
Georgetown-Topsfield line 1954
Maps of Topsfield MA, C. Lawrence Bond, 1958, 1975 (shows different business, residential and agricultural zones)
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
Wenham, MA
Map of “Who Lived Where in 1884”
West Newbury, MA
Map of West Newbury Mass, showing street index, 1984
Weymouth, MA
US Geological Survey Map, Weymouth Quadrangle, 1971 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Casco Bay, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Cape Elizabeth Quadrangle, 1944
Farmington, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Farmington Quadrangle, 1944 (1924 reprint)
Franklin County, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Phililps Quadrangle, 1942 (1932 reprint)
Gray, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Gray Quadrangle, 1944 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Kennebec County, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Augusta Quadrangle, 1956
Kingfield, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Kingfield Quadrangle, 1939 (1932 reprint)
Orono, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Orono Quadrangle, 1955
Sebago Lake, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Sebago Lake Quadrangle, 1943 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Somerset County, ME
US Geological Survey Map, Anson Quadrangle, 1947 (1904 reprint)
Dover, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Dover Quadrangle, 1956 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Hampton, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Hampton Quadrangle, 1957 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Hillsboro, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Hillsboro Quadrangle, 1949 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Littleton, NH (Vermonth / New Hampshire)
US Geological Survey Map, Littleton Quadrangle, 1971
Mount Washington, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Mount Washington Quadrangle, 1943 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Newmarket, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Newmarket Quadrangle, 1956 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Peterborough, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Peterborough Quadrangle, 1950 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Rockingham County, NH
Rockingham County NH atlas map copies, 1853
Lake Winnipesauki, NH
US Geological Survey Map, Winnipesauki Quadrangle, 1956 (showing buildings, topography, and natural features)
Woodsville, NH (Vermont / New Hampshire)
US Geological Survey Map, Woodsville Quadrangle, 1935
Europe Maps
National Geographic Map of Europe, 1920
World Maps
Leard’s Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 (copy)
Map of World, 1589 (copy)
Universi Orbis (copy)