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=== Campbell Map (1864) ===
=== Campbell Map (1864) ===
[https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00317/ Map of Albemarle : Made under the direction of Maj. A.H. Campbell Capt. Engs. in charge of Top. Dept. D.N.V. from surveys and reconnaissances] created in 1864 during the civil war
[https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00317/ Map of Albemarle : Made under the direction of Maj. A.H. Campbell Capt. Engs. in charge of Top. Dept. D.N.V. from surveys and reconnaissances] created in 1864 during the American Civil War
[[File:1864 Cambell Map (excerpt).jpg|none|thumb|Excerpt of the 1864 Campbell Map showing only the area around Charlottesville.]]
[[File:1864 Cambell Map (excerpt).jpg|none|thumb|Excerpt of the 1864 Campbell Map showing only the area around Charlottesville.]]


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=== Rose Hill Plat (1895) ===
=== Rose Hill Plat (1895) ===
[[File:1895-Charlottesville Industrial and Land Improvement Co. plat layout of Rose Hill.JPG|none|thumb|Plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivion, ca. 1895]]
[[File:1895-Charlottesville Industrial and Land Improvement Co. plat layout of Rose Hill.JPG|none|thumb|Plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivision, ca. 1895]]
Mixed-Use plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivion, ca. 1895, courtesy of the ''[[Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society]]''
Mixed-Use plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivision, ca. 1895, courtesy of the ''[[Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society]]''


=== Massie Map (1907) ===
=== Massie Map (1907) ===
[https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/maps/items/u2716440 A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia]   by Frank A. Massie, 1907[[File:1907-massie-map-cville.jpg|none|thumb|Excerpt of the 1907 Massie map of only the area around Charlottesville.]]
[https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/maps/items/u2716440 A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia] by Frank A. Massie, 1907[[File:1907-massie-map-cville.jpg|none|thumb|Excerpt of the 1907 Massie map of only the area around Charlottesville.]]


=== Sanborn Fire Maps (1907) ===
=== Sanborn Fire Maps (1907) ===
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[https://nara.getarchive.net/media/1940-census-enumeration-district-maps-virginia-albemarle-county-charlottesville-c669c1 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia - Albemarle County - Charlottesville], US National Archives
[https://nara.getarchive.net/media/1940-census-enumeration-district-maps-virginia-albemarle-county-charlottesville-c669c1 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia - Albemarle County - Charlottesville], US National Archives
[[File:1940 Census Enumeration District Map v2.jpg|none|thumb|1940 Census Enumeration District Map, Charlottesville, VA]]
[[File:1940 Census Enumeration District Map v2.jpg|none|thumb|1940 Census Enumeration District Map, Charlottesville, VA]]
=== Proposed Major Street Plan from City Comprehensive Plan (1956) ===
[[File:Proposed Major Street Plan from Comprehensive Plan 1956.jpg|none|thumb|Proposed Major Street Plan from the City's first Comprehensive Plan in 1956]]


=== Map of Voting Districts (1958) ===
=== Map of Voting Districts (1958) ===
[[File:City of Charlottesville Ward Map ca 1958.png|none|thumb|City of Charlottesville Voters Map, ca. 1958]]
[[File:City of Charlottesville Ward Map ca 1958.png|none|thumb|City of Charlottesville Voters Map, ca. 1958]]

Revision as of 09:35, 21 November 2020

Historic Maps of Charlottesville and Albemarle

A Plan of the Town of Charlottesville (1818)

A Plan of the Town of Charlottesville by William Woods published in 1818.

The original platting of the Town of Charlottesville, centered around the Albemarle County Courthouse

Campbell Map (1864)

Map of Albemarle : Made under the direction of Maj. A.H. Campbell Capt. Engs. in charge of Top. Dept. D.N.V. from surveys and reconnaissances created in 1864 during the American Civil War

Excerpt of the 1864 Campbell Map showing only the area around Charlottesville.

Green Peyton Map (1875)

A map of Albemarle County, Virginia, by Green Peyton, published by Worley & Bracher, 1875.

Excerpt of the 1875 Green Peyton map showing only the area around Charlottesville.

Notable on this map are Early, Goodman, Michie, Meadow Brook, Pen Park, Franklin, Moore, Carleton, Monticello, and numerous others.

Rose Hill Plat (1895)

Plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivision, ca. 1895

Mixed-Use plat layout of Rose Hill Subdivision, ca. 1895, courtesy of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Massie Map (1907)

A New and Historical Map of Albemarle County, Virginia by Frank A. Massie, 1907

Excerpt of the 1907 Massie map of only the area around Charlottesville.

Sanborn Fire Maps (1907)

Available from the Library of Congress as 27 images here.

Overview of Charlottesville map from the Sanborn Insurance collection

Automobile Blue Book (1919)

The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company

Census Enumeration District Map (1940)

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virginia - Albemarle County - Charlottesville, US National Archives

1940 Census Enumeration District Map, Charlottesville, VA

Proposed Major Street Plan from City Comprehensive Plan (1956)

Proposed Major Street Plan from the City's first Comprehensive Plan in 1956

Map of Voting Districts (1958)

City of Charlottesville Voters Map, ca. 1958