Selections from the 1887 landownership maps of Racine and Kenosha counties
 Mapping Our Place: The 19th Century County Atlas
County landownership maps were designed to show ownership of every piece of land within a given county. The basic landownership map showed townships, each six miles square, and its subdivision into 36 sections. These sections were numbered and labeled with the name of the landowner and the number of acreage owned. Developed in the early 19th century as large wall maps, the maps evolved into bound county atlases after the Civil War and were a highly profitable undertaking for publishers. These selections comes from the 1887 Illustrated Atlas of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin.
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Related Topics: |
Immigration and Settlement
The Founding of Major Cities |
| Creator: | H.O. Brown and Company |
| Pub Data: | University of Wisconsin-Parkside Web exhibit. Excerpts from Chicago: H.O. Brown and Co., 1887. (UW-Parkside Archives SPL F580.C6 1887) |
| Citation: | "Mapping Our Place: The 19th Century County Atlas." UW-Parkside Web Exhibit.
Online facsimile at:
http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/archives/maps.htm;
Visited on: 11/22/2009
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