Essential companions to place-name directories in Connecticut are the fine series of Beers atlases produced in the 1860s and 70s detailing structures, property owners, places of business, schools, cemeteries, and churches in each town. Bound in foliosized books by county, many Connecticut libraries, in addition to the Connecticut State Library, have these excellent resources. The earlier 1852 Clark’s county maps are equally available at the same locations.
Present-day street maps by county are readily available in most large stationery stores.

| County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1643 | 1644 | 1652 | 1658 | 1662 | 1663 | 1664 | 1665 | 1666 | 1669 | 1670 | 1671 | 1674 | 1675 | |
| 1683 | 1687 | 1689 | 1690 | 1694 | 1697 | 1699 | 1700 | 1706 | 1708 | 1709 | 1712 | 1714 | 1717 | |
| 1722 | 1726 | 1728 | 1730 | 1738 | 1749 | 1751 | 1774 | 1776 | 1780 | 1782 | 1783 | 1785 | 1786 | |
| 1788 | 1789 | 1796 | 1798 | 1799 | 1803 | 1804 | 1806 | 1807 | 1824 | 1827 | 1881 | 1885 | 1960 | |
| Map Abbreviations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed |
CONNECTICUT Fa - Fairfield Har - Hartford Lit - Litchfield Mi - Middlesex NH - New Haven NL - New London To - Tolland Wi - Windham |
RHODE ISLAND Pr - Providence Wa - Washington Br - Bristol Knt - Kent Ne - Newport MASSACHUSETTS Ba - Barnstable Be - Berkshire Br - Bristol Du - Dukes |
Es - Essex Fr - Franklin Hdn - Hampden Hsr - Hampshire Mi - Middlesex Nan - Nantucket No - Norfolk Pl - Plymouth Su - Suffolk Wo - Worcester |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the states and counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in North America.
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