Find the post office....

[DetectorBase]

So, I've been doing some research on some interesting lost towns in my state. Going over various maps, historical books, etc trying to isolate where they were to have a lead for permission.

Came across a site that you can lookup historical post offices (among other things). This site is awesome! It also links to GoogleMaps, so you can get aerial shots, long/lat coords, etc. I don't think they're 100% accurate, but they definitely narrow down the area.

Hopefully this will help somebody:
http://www.placenames.com/us/

DB

[Detector de Metales]

Good deal! You can also get plat maps from any town hall ( at least around here) that are very old and are easy enough to scan ( Have them photo copy it for you). Most states Historical societies are publishing these online so... But find your local Historical Society they'll be totally enthused to help you!

[DetectorBase]

Will the plat map show the full county.. or just the individual city?

Thanks!
DB

[Detector de Metales]

It'll show the township within the county usually..

[DetectorBase]

It'll show the township within the county usually..

Detector.. have you checked out Sanborn maps??

DB

[osros]

Hopefully this will help somebody:
http://www.placenames.com/us/

DB


I came across this also. Yes its a keeper for the research links. This was the only site which had the location of a specific Fort in my area I was looking for. I could not find it anywhere else, and it gave me the map location.

[Detector de Metales]

Detector.. have you checked out Sanborn maps??

DB
Yes, but unfortunately there are not that many out there for "public" use I'm a digitized map freak love em when I can apply them elsewhere but unfortunately you cant get Sanborns for everywhere.