The Changing Landscape of Newark


HISTORICAL MAPS courtesy of Rutgers Special Collections
Newark 1666 - 1916
Newark c 1806
Newark 5th ward Smith & Alling Land Co building lots 1851
Newark 1853
Newark c 1872
Newark 1881
Newark 1885
Newark c 1889
Newark 1890
Newark 1892 burying ground number 3
Newark 1904
Newark 1915

HISTORICAL MAPS courtesy of the Geography and Map Divsion, Library of Congress. (reproduction information)
Newark & East Newark 1836; LoC original file & citation
Newark 1859
Newark 1875
Newark 1876
Newark 1878
Newark 1879

Newark Elizabeth Oranges 1891 Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection (direct link to map)
Newark to Paterson 1891 Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection (direct link to map)
 
Newark Atlas 1901 courtesy of Dr. Albert Poet, MD some plates are missing

Newark Town Lots 1666 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.
Newark Mountain 1696 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr. Newark Mountain Book
Newark Mountain 3rd Division 1696 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.
Newark Mountain circa 1700 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr. Newark Mountain circa 1700 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.
Newark boudaries 1666-1713 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.
Woodruff and Lyons Farms, Hillside/Newark ca. 1700 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.
Vailsburg Section of Newark ca. 1800 courtesy of Charles McGrath Jr.

HISTORICAL MAPS courtesy of Rutgers Geography Department
Newark c 1938
Newark c 1944

Newark Topographic Bathymetric 1986 Courtesy of NOAA Historical Maps and Charts

New Orange Industrial Association 1 New Orange Industrial Association 2

Old Newark

A WALK THROUGH NEWARK with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis

NJIT – Barbara and Leonard Littman Architecture and Design Library map collection

Rutgers University Library's: The Newark Experience (historical resources)

NJ Historical Society 52 Park Place, Newark

USGS topographic quads mid 1950s. ELIZABETH courtesy of Rutgers Geography Department

A HISTORIAN'S TIPS TO STUDENTS RESEARCHING LOCAL HISTORY



Comments, suggestions, and additional images are welcome.

Contact info for Mike Siegel can be found at http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu