These antique maps and atlases are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. Plat book of morgan county, illinois microform 1894. The county is located in the west central area of the state. Within the atlases are 191,165 historical maps, illustrations, and histories many of which contain family names ideal for genealogical research. Plat book our plat books are spiral bound, county map books accurately showing landownership, acreage, parcel boundaries, roadways, waterways, railways, section lines, and municipal boundaries. The illinois state library owns a very extensive collection of plat books and maps. Whether you are looking for a traditional printed county plat book, historical plat maps or highly attributed gis parcel data map with boundaries and id number, we have the most uptodate parcel information available. County clerk and recorder washington county, illinois. Gis geographic information systems is a technology that is quickly being embraced by many levels of government to aid in managing resources. Plat book of pike county, illinois library of congress. Available also through the library of congress web site as a. Plat maps include information on property lines, lots, plot boundaries, streets, flood zones, public access, parcel numbers, lot dimensions, and easements. Morgantaxmaps sectionnumbers, morgantaxmaps sections, morgantaxmaps townships, taxparcels, address points, cannot be added to the map. Effingham county, illinois, nor any officer or employee of effingham county, warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published on this web site, and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.
The illinois history and lincoln collections library holds nineteenthcentury county histories and atlases that often include plat maps. Effingham county online maps effingham county, illinois il. The list is in alphabetical order by the name of the county. When two or three counties are covered, the plat book is listed under. Lasalle county, illinois source information varies according to county record availability.
Jul 30, 2019 the library houses a collection of bound illinois plat maps, starting in the 1960s, in shelves along the central wall on the fourth floor. Institute of museum and library services, administered by the indiana state library. Plat books are atlases that show land ownership for rural areas. A 1935 edition of the plat book of mclean county, illinois is located in. Atlas map of morgan county, illinois microform compiled, drawn, and published from personalexaminations and surveys. The books also serve as an index to landowners for quick land reference. Illinois 10 largest cities are chicago, aurora, rockford, joliet, naperville, springfield, peoria, elgin, waukegan and cicero. Index of documents on file in the authoritys central indexing system. Volume ii is the index for the 1835 state census, transcription by jacksonville area genealogical and historical society, jacksonville, illinois, 1991. Learn more about historical facts of illinois counties. The books and documents within each county are listed in order of the publication date, whenever possible. Morgan county 1894 illinois historical atlas historic map works.
The blurring occurs because of the unofficial nature of the plat. It strives to provide methods for collecting and analyzing data to support decision making processes within county departments, as well as for the citizens of logan county, illinois. Morgan county maps are available in a variety of printed and digital formats to suit your needs. Institute of museum and library services, administered by. Plat map books illinois map collection at milner library guides. Those illinois maps show townships and ownership of various lands at the times that the maps were drawn.
Combined atlas map and plat book of morgan county, illinois, 18721894. When searching for illinois county plat books or land ownership maps in the online catalog, the subject heading for them is very specific. Plat book of jo daviess county, illinois internet archive. Those listed no doubt paid to have their name inserted. A set of current plat books for illinois counties published by the rockford map company is located behind the circulation desk in the map library. The books were produced by rockford map publishers, a commercial map publisher and data provider based in illinois. Addresses agriculture business property personal property personal vehicles gis map address 100 e. Manager of payroll, accounts receivable and payable. The map books are arranged alphabetically by county. Historical map features such as cemeteries, schools, and churches may vary depending on the county, acreage of individual parcels, or date of publication. Atlases of the united states, 4263 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. The university of illinois, champaignurbana, chicago historical society. Plat books show rural land ownership in the county, and contain property aerials and watershed maps. The illinois state historical library has county plat books and atlases available for the years of around 1870 to 1930.
Clair county, illinois, in company with james deaton and family, and there settled october 19, 1819. Morgan county funk library u of i library university of illinois. Farm and home publishers publisher of county directory and. Illinois lasalle county maps, lasalle county plat books and. The 19th century county atlas plat book is more popular than ever, not only with genealogists, but with newer audiences finding them useful for historic site and environmental research. Morgan county maps are available in a variety of printed and digital formats to suit your.
Description rural directory books include plat maps, directory maps. Jo daviess county, il plat and directory book farm and home. A set of current plat books for illinois counties published by the rockford map company is located behind the circulation desk in. Bound with plat book of morgan county, published by american atlas co. Plat book of mcdonough county, illinois library of congress.
Get property lines, land ownership, and parcel information, including parcel number and acres. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Originating in the county assessors office with the digitizing of the tax maps, which it still maintains to this day, the gis has since expanded to aide several local. These bios were published in the 1894 plat book, but they were also and firstly printed in the 1872 morgan county atlas as a section on the old. Illinois morgan county maps, morgan county plat books.
Illinois historical maps and atlases historic map works. We also own two copies of mclean county combined indexed atlases, 18561914. The gis office manages and creates geographic information relative to logan county. The acrevalue illinois plat map, sourced from illinois tax assessors, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. The goal of the county clerks office is to provide you, the customer, with prompt, courteous and informative service. The state of illinois collection contains 3,149 atlases spanning 311 years of growth and development 1696 through 2007. The county seat is jacksonville and the county was organized on january 31, 1823. County maps, atlases, and plat books can be retrieved by filling out a call slip for each item that you need and presenting it at the second floor reference desk. Old historical city, county and state maps of illinios. Gis geographic information systems morgan county, il.
The acrevalue morgan county, il plat map, sourced from the morgan county, il tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. The county was named for general daniel morgan, who defeated the british at the battle of cowpens in the american revolutionary war. These bios were published in the 1894 plat book, but they were also and firstly printed in the 1872 morgan county atlas as a section on the old settlers of morgan county. Cass 1830 state census on our morgan county site in progress 1840 census virginia, illinois census 1840 census beardstown, illinois census 1850 mortality schedule 1860 census beardstown, indian creek, monroe, virginia. Plat book of morgan county, illinois compiled by l.
Gis also allows information about each of the mapped items to be recorded and easily maintained. The acrevalue logan county, il plat map, sourced from the logan county, il tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Interactive map of illinois county formation history. Illinois county gis resources the following links are to gis resources by county for the state of illinois. Our gis system is basically a multiple layered map of the county. The layer, morgantaxmaps vacatedtext, morgantaxmaps misctext, morgantaxmaps rowdimensions, morgantaxmaps parcelnumbers. Please contact your local library to borrow these atlases from the illinois state library. Printed plat books, plat maps, parcel maps, county maps, land. The usgenweb archives digital map library illinois maps index. Early deed abstractions 18261829 morgan area genealogy.