Monroe 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 Monroe County. The county is crossed by many waterways including the Caloosahatchee River, the Youngs River, and Gallivans Creek. The coast line features...

Monroe County, 1830
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a map of Monroe County, circa 1830. It is a portion of Rand McNally and Co.'s new business map of Florida. It shows county boundaries, Florida Keys, Florida Reefs, inl...

Monroe County, 1832
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a map of Monroe County, circa 1832. It shows county boundaries, cities and towns and inland waters. Key West is shown as Thompsons Island on this map. Scale [ca. 1:4,1...

Monroe County, 1834

Monroe County, 1834
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a detail map of Monroe county circa 1834 when it encompassed the entire southern portion of Florida and the Florida Keys. It shows main towns and cities including Key ...

Detail - Florida, 1839
This detail of a map from the Tanner's Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Monroe County. This detail shows many forts including Fort Denaud, Fort Dulaney, and Fort Keais. Along the coastline, there are severa...

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 the Monroe County. Several waterways traverse Monroe County including Delaware River, Nort...

Monroe County, 1845
A map of Monroe County as of 1845 showing rivers and the Everglades....

Monroe 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 Monroe County. Routes of travel are covered along with major waterways. The Everglades expand over the majority of the detail....

Monroe 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 Monroe County, waterways and townships are noted. Coastal creeks and rivers are shown such as Rio Rat...

Monroe County, 1856
This detail of a map from the annual report of the Surveyor General in 1856 shows Monroe County. Drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of railroad lines are shown in great detail. The major feature of detail is the Everglades. Other...

Monroe County, 1857
A map of Monroe County as of 1857 showing towns, forts, bodies of water, and the Everglades....

Indian Territory in South Florida, 1859
Map of an area designated as Indian Territory taken from a 1859 railroad map of Florida. The area includes a portion of Monroe County northwest of the Everglades. Township grids based on the Tallahassee basis parallel and the Tallahassee prime meridi...

The Florida Keys, 1859
Map of the Florida Keys from Boca Rabones (Boca Raton) to the Dry Tortugas taken from a 1859 railroad map of Florida. The map scale is 1:1,140,480....

Mainland Monroe County, 1859
Map of mainland Monroe County, Florida showing river drainage, U.S. Army forts, roads, and railroads in 1859. Township grids based on the Tallahassee basis parallel and the Tallahassee prime meridian shows the extent of land survey in Florida along t...

Monroe County, 1860
A map of Monroe County as of 1860 showing towns, bodies of water, and the Big Cypress Swamp....

Monroe, 1860
This is a map of Monroe County showing towns and villages such as Cape Sable, forts such as Ft. Hawell, and inland waters such as White Water Bay....

Monroe 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 Monroe County in co...

Monroe 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 Monroe County. The major water features of this detail are Gallivans Bay and Chatham Bay. Other locati...

Monroe County, 1873
This detail of a 1873 map of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina shows an in color portrait of county lines of the period, Florida railroad routes, forts, and outlines major waterways for Monroe County. The major water features of the detail are Cha...

Monroe County, 1874
This detail of a map of Florida indicates Monroe 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 t...

Monroe County, 1880
A map of Monroe County showing county lines, the county seat (Key West), islands, and cities current to the 1880s....

Monroe County, 1880
This map of Monroe County shows the county seat (Key West), forts, and cities current to 1880....

Monroe County, 1883
A map of Monroe County showing county lines, and the county seat (Key West) current to 1883....

Monroe County, 1886
A map of Monroe County showing county lines, the county seat (Key West), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1886....