Alachua County Maps

Detail - Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Florida, 1827
This detail of a 1827 map shows major rivers, lakes, coastal features, settlements, and roads in Alachua County. Some of the larger islands off of the western coast of Florida are named. During this time, Alachua spanned from the border of Georgia do...

Alachua County, 1830
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a map of Alachua County, circa 1830. It is a portion of Rand McNally and Co.'s new business map of Florida. It shows county boundaries, cities and towns, and inland wa...

Alachua County, 1832
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a map of Alachua County, circa 1832. It shows county boundaries, cities and towns and inland waters. Scale [ca. 1:4,181,760]...

Alachua County, 1834
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a detail map of Alachua county circa 1834. Alachua county spanned from present day Baker county south to Sarasota county on the west coast. This map shows the Spanish ...

Alachua County, 1834
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a detail of Alachua County from a hand colored map of Florida, circa 1834. Alachua County is shown spanning from present day Alachua and Gilchrist to Manatee County. T...

Detail - Florida, 1839
This detail of a map from the Tanner's Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Alachua County. The forts shown are Fort White, Fort Drane, Fort Fanning, Fort Clinch, Fort Cooper, and Fort Jennings. The main waterw...

Detail - Map of the State of Florida, 1842
This detail of a 1842 map of Florida shows roads, railroads, counties, forts, naval depots and other military installations, major towns, rivers, and lakes for Alachua County. Many inland waters are depicted such as the Amaxura River, the Santa Fe Ri...

Alachua County, 1845
A map of Alachua County as of 1845 showing towns, forts, rivers, and lakes....

Alachua County, 1845
Meyer's 1845 map of Florida is derived from the Tanner/Mitchell Universal atlas map of 1839. This detail of that map covers Alachua County. Routes of travel are covered along with major waterways. Some of these for this detail are Suwannee River and ...

Alachua County, 1850
Meyer's 1850 map of Florida is derived from the Tanner/Mitchell Universal atlas map of 1839, and similar to the 1845 maps. In this updated detail of Alachua County, waterways and townships are noted. Orange Lake and the Suwannee River are the major w...

Alachua County, 1850
This detail of a 1850 map from the New Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Alachua County. The map is very similar to the 1839 map from Tanner's Universal Atlas. There are references to forts, battlefields, a...

Alachua County, 1856
This detail of a map from the annual report of the Surveyor General in 1856 shows Alachua County. Drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of railroad lines are shown in great detail. The major waterways of this area are Cedar Creek, t...

Alachua County, 1857
A map of Alachua County as of 1857 showing forts, towns, bodies of water, and the county seat....

Alachua County, 1859
Railroad map of Alachua County, Florida showing river drainage, cities and towns, roads, railroads, location of the land grant railroads and indicating the 6-mile (red) and 15-mile (green) limits of grants in 1859. Township grids based on the Tallaha...

Alachua, 1860
A map of Alachua County as of 1860 showing railroads, rivers, lakes, towns, and the county seat....

Alachua County, 1860
Map of Alachua county, current to 1860, shows county lines, major roads, rivers, and railroads....

Alachua County, 1863
This detail of a map of Florida was "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by A. J. Johnson in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." It shows Alachua County in c...

Alachua County, 1864
This detail of map of northern peninsular Florida from the U.S. Coast Survey Office shows major rivers, towns, roads, and railroads in Alachua County. The detail features swamp land as well as naming where there is level pine land. The Santa Fe River...

Alachua County, 1865
This detail of a map of Florida shows topographical information for Alachua County in 1865. Swampland, is depicted in thin horizontal lines. Rivers are colored in blue while lakes and ponds are colored with green. Railroads, roads, and towns are also...

Alachua County, 1871
This 1871 detail of Florida shows county lines and county seats current to the period, major towns and cities, and railroad routes and stations for Alachua County. The major water features of this detail are the Santa Fe River and Levy's Lake. Other ...

Alachua County, 1873
This detail of a 1873 map of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina shows county lines of the period, and Florida railroad routes between Fernandina and Cedar Keys, forts, and outlines major waterways for Alachua County. The major features of the detai...

Alachua County, 1874
This detail of a map of Florida indicates Alachua County current to 1874. It shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, battlefields, and submarine cables to Havana. It also lists operating and newly chartered railroads of the ...

Alachua County, 1880
This map of Alachua County shows the county seat (Gainesville), railroads, and cities current to 1880....

Alachua County, 1880
A map of Alachua County showing county lines, the county seat (Gainesville), railroads, and cities current to the 1880s....

Alachua County, 1882
This detail of a map of Florida covers Alachua County and vicinity and indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, railroads, and the 15-mile railroad land grant limits surrounding the track. The major water features of the ...