Atlases and Maps

Historical Maps and Atlases

Browse the Genesee County History Department's map and atlas inventory by collection, map case drawer and folder. Where a digital copy is available, select the linked date or index to view the PDF.

Genesee County Maps

Map Case Drawer: Genesee County

Folder A
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder A
Title Date Description Size
1. Rand McNally & Company’s Map of Genesee County 1915 (PDF)(PDF, 2MB) County & Town Officials, detail of city of Batavia, locations of cemeteries, lot numbers & property owner’s names, 9 copies one has town of Byron cut out, most in fair condition. One given by HPHS 10/94. 41 x 50
Folder B
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder B
Title Date Description Size
2. David H. Burr 1829 Genesee County (now Gen. & Wyoming Counties), lot numbers, towns & villages, stage & County Roads, Mills, churches, forges & manufactories, 1 original 16 x 22
3. David H. Burr 1940 2 reproductions of 1829 map Genesee & Wyoming Counties. Shows lot numbers, towns & villages, stage & County Roads, Mills, churches, forges & manufactories. 18.5 x 22.5
4. David H. Burr 1939 mislabeled 1 photograph copy of 1829 11 x 14
Folder C
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder C
Title Date Description Size
5. House numbering system for towns 1958
Checked by Niagara Mohawk 1967		 East numbers begin at the west line of Genesee County and precede easterly, odd numbers on north side of road. South numbers begin at the north line of Genesee County and precede southerly, odd numbers on east side of road. Includes a package containing one map of each of the 13 towns. 22 x 26
Folder D – Atlas Pages
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder D – Atlas Pages
Title Date Description Size
6. South Western Section of County 1854 (PDF)(PDF, 196KB) Includes Darien, Alexander, Pembroke & Batavia 18 x 24.5
7. Detail of buildings, legend 1854 (PDF)(PDF, 196KB) Village of Alexander & plan of the village of Batavia 18 x 23.5
8. Photograph 1854 Black-and-white photograph of details from the above map 11 x 14
9. Map of the County 1866 From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1866, p. 45. Poor condition. 12.5 x 14
10. Atlas Title Page 1866 From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1866 14 x 16
11. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1866 Includes details of Corfu, E. Pembroke, N. Pembroke, Pembroke, Darien City & Darien Center, p. 41 14 x 16
12. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1876 Map of County, p. 14. Poor condition. 14 x 17
13. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1876 Includes Tonawanda Falls, Byron Center, Harris Mills & Town of Batavia, pp. 61½–62½ & 141 17 x 27
14. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1876 Includes Village of LeRoy & Elba, pp. 47–50 17 x 27
15. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1876 Includes East Bethany, Bethany Center, Alabama, Alabama Center, Linden & Pavilion, pp. 51–53 17 x 27
16. Map of County 1904 20 x 31
17. From Genesee Wyoming Atlas 1904 Representative of commercial, industrial, financial, professional interests & farm histories, pp. 82–97 17 x 20
Folder E – Historic Information
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder E – Historic Information
Title Date Description Size
18. Land Company Locations within county 30 x 40
19. Master Plan 1943 School District Reorganization 24.5 x 32.5
20. Central School District #2 Towns of Darien, Pembroke & Batavia 15 x 20
21. Building Locations 1957 Cobblestone 22 x 34
22. Homes of Architectural Importance 1968 Note: no key for numbering system included 19.5 x 29.5
23. Folder containing master negatives Negatives for maps of Architecture of Genesee County: Village of Elba 4.5 x 6
Village of LeRoy 4.5 x 5
City of Batavia 5 x 6.5
County 8 x 11
County 12 x 16
24. Land Company Locations Tissue paper map 12 x 18
25. Physical map of Genesee County Includes school houses, roads, railroads & creeks. 2 copies, one in mylar. 30 x 33
26. Blueprint map of Genesee County Compiled by Fred W. Hamilton. Includes county lines, towns, public highways, railroads and schoolhouses. Poor condition. 24 x 3.25
42. Genesee County Range Map No date; ca. 1922 Original by Earl B. Perry, County Clerk. Illustrates various land companies and Holland Purchase Township-Range numbers. Blueprint; poor condition. 13 x 16
Folder F – Advertising
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder F – Advertising
Title Date Description Size
27. “All Roads on this map lead to Genesee Lumber and Coal Company, Inc.” 1929 4 copies 17 x 29
28. Community Graphics, Inc. 1993 Includes advertiser index and color advertisements of businesses. 2 copies. 23.5 x 38
Folder G – Highway Maps
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder G – Highway Maps
Title Date Description Size
29. Scale 1” = 5000’; 4 copies 28 x 36
30. County Superintendent of Highways 1980s Robert T. Carrier; 2 copies 22 x 34
31. County Superintendent of Highways 1986 Joseph J. Amedick Jr. 22 x 34
32. Highway Department Maps 1955 a. November Fire Control 22 x 34
1957 b. November; 2 copies, one colored & mounted 22 x 34
1958 c. November; 2 copies 22 x 34
1963 d. February 22 x 34
1964 e. January 22 x 34
33. Published for MacGreeney – Sleight DeGraff Co. Includes highways improved, under construction, designated for future improvement, railroads proposed, electric railways, school houses & elevators 24 x 29
34. State & County System of Highways 1907 Showing which have been improved, under contract for improvement and designated for future improvement 16 x 17
35. County Superintendent of Highways 1929 Shows state highways & county roads completed & projected, & town highways
Folder H – Genesee County Land Usage
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder H – Genesee County Land Usage
Title Date Description Size
36. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1922 Soil map, base map from U.S. Geological Survey sheets. Poor condition; 2 copies. 35 x 23
37. Department of Agricultural Economics 1952 Land classification map of Genesee County 32 x 20.5
38. Genesee County Soil Survey 1969 Genesee County soil map, 1968 17 x 11
39. NYS Department of Audit & Control, Division of Municipal Affairs No date Genesee County; no legend 30 x 21
40. U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey 1950 State of New York Department of Public Works Albion Quadrangle 14 x 21
41. Department of Planning 1967 Genesee County; 2 copies 53 x 31
Folder H – Genesee County Land Usage Continued
Map Case Drawer: Genesee County — Folder H – Genesee County Land Usage Continued
Title Date Description Size
42. Population Density 1961 Genesee County; 2 copies 15 x 11
43. Water Service Units 1961 Genesee County; 2 copies 15 x 11
44. Sewer Service Units 1961 Genesee County; 2 copies 15 x 11
45. Water Sewer 1961 Genesee County; 2 copies 15 x 11
Folder K – Genesee County School Districts

Bound volume published by W. B. Thrall Map & Survey Company, Perry, New York. Each page is 29 x 35 inches, color coded by district and includes property owners' names. Donated by the Genesee County Treasurer's Office in 2010.

1927 Genesee County School District Atlas Index (PDF)(PDF, 3MB)

Tonawanda and Haudenosaunee-Related Maps

Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda

Inventoried 2002.

Folder A – Tonawanda Indian Reservation
Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda — Folder A – Tonawanda Indian Reservation
Title Date Description Size
1. Tonawanda Swamp 1810 David E. Mix ca.; very poor condition 17 x 29
2. Reservation 1844 12,800-acre tract 17 x 19.5
3. 1937 Not drawn to scale; 2 copies 24 x 28
4. 1890 Situated in Genesee, Erie & Niagara Counties. Includes property owners' names. 11 x 12.5
5. Akron Quadrangle 1951 Department of the Interior Geological Survey 23 x 27
6. Genesee County 1964 Section of reservation 14 x 17
Folder B – Historical
Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda — Folder B – Historical
Title Date Description Size
7. Holland Land Purchase 1797 Big Tree Map; reprint, SUNY Fredonia, 1984 14.5 x 17
8. Treaty Big Tree Treaty; two sections; reprint 17.5 x 24
9. Morris Purchase 1804 Reservation reprint; 2 copies, one colored in 20 x 26
10. Ho De No Sau Nee Ga 1851 The People of the Longhouse; reprint by Lewis H. Morgan; master & negative 19.5 x 23
11. 1851 The People of the Longhouse, encapsulated, by Lewis H. Morgan; original 20 x 22
12. American Revolution Sites 1879 Groveland Ambuscade, Sullivan-Clinton Expedition and Battlefield of Newton 17 x 22
13. Seneca 1931 Villages & the Jesuit & French Contracts 1615–1708 by Del Helen M. Erickson. Poor condition; donated by Margery M. Hanson. 23.5 x 29
14. Ho De No Sau Nee Ga 1951 Topographic, rolled, “The People of the Longhouse” Mythology, NYS Department of the Interior; 2 copies, one mylar.
Folder C – Allegany Reservation
Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda — Folder C – Allegany Reservation
Title Date Description Size
15. Allegany Reservation Survey Map T2R9 13.5 x 15
Folder D – Buffalo / Erie County
Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda — Folder D – Buffalo / Erie County
Title Date Description Size
16. Grand Island 1824 Survey map; 2 copies 23.5 x 31
17. Negative print of map 21.5 x 28.5
18. Buffalo Creek Indian Reservation 1844 German Purchase 18 x 43
19. 1844 German Purchase; 2 sections, negative prints 18 x 23.5
20. Ebenezer Lands 1856 Land for sale subdivision; 3 copies 23 x 33
21. Grand Island 1870 Negative print including Niagara Falls 21 x 33.5
22. Lower Ebenezer 1894 Village subdivision 22.5 x 30
23. 1894 Village subdivision 11.5 x 14.5
24. Ebenezer Lands Village subdivisions 24 x 36
25. Blue negative copy 12.5 x 17
26. Negative print 12 x 16
27. West Seneca Original subdivision lines, negative & positive print – Lower Ebenezer 20 x 36
28. West Seneca German Purchase subdivision; 3 copies 15 x 21
29. German Purchase T.10 R7 Description of mill sites on lots 18 x 24
30. Middle Ebenezer Village subdivision, including mill race plus negative 21 x 23
31. Buffalo Creek Subdivision of lots around; 2 copies, one blue 16 x 29
32. Buffalo Creek Subdivision of lots around 24 x 37.5
33. Upper Ebenezer Negative 20 x 24
34. Lower Ebenezer Negative 20 x 24
35. New Ebenezer Negative 20 x 24
Folder E – State Census
Map Case Drawer: Tonawanda — Folder E – State Census
Title Date Description Size
36. Tonawanda Indian Reservation 1875 Microfilm copy
37. 1915 Microfilm copy
38. 1925 Microfilm copy

Town and Village Maps

Map Case Drawer: Alabama

Inventoried 2002.

Map Case Drawer: Alabama
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Alabama Center, Basom, South Alabama; names of residents; 2 copies 14.5 x 18
2. Atlas * 1904 Town 17 x 19.5
3. Atlas 1904 Photograph: map of Town 13.5 x 11
4. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 21 x 30
5. Town * 1962 Highways & roads projects 30 x 25
6. Atlas ? Alabama Center, Basom, South Alabama; names of residents 14.5 x 18

Map Case Drawer: Alexander

Map Case Drawer: Alexander
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Village; 2 copies 15.5 x 17.5
2. Atlas 1904 Town 15.5 x 17
3. Landmark 1967 Society map 30 x 20.5
4. Town 1961 Highways & roads projects 23 x 22

Map Case Drawer: Bergen

Map Case Drawer: Bergen
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Town; 2 copies 18 x 15
2. Atlas 1904 Village; 2 copies 18 x 15
3. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 30.5 x 21
4. Schools May 1927 Districts 24 x 27.5
5. Town 1962 Highways & roads projects 22 x 23.5

Map Case Drawer: Bethany

Map Case Drawer: Bethany
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Town 16 x 17
2. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 21.5 x 30
3. Town 1962 Highways & roads projects 24.5 x 22
4. Town 1964 Sites marked; 2 copies 23.5 x 19.5
5. School August 1927 Districts 25 x 34

Map Case Drawer: Byron

Map Case Drawer: Byron
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 South Byron and Byron Center; 2 copies 18 x 15
2. Atlas 1904 Town 15 x 17.5
3. Atlas * Town 14.5 x 17
4. Landmark 1967 Society; 2 copies 30.5 x 21
5. Schools December 1926 Districts 21.5 x 29
6. Town 1962 Highways & roads projects 22 x 23.5
7. Town 1964 Highways & roads projects 22 x 24

Map Case Drawer: Darien

Map Case Drawer: Darien
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Darien City and Darien Center; 2 copies 18 x 15
2. Atlas * 1904 Town 18 x 15.5
3. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 29.5 x 22
4. Town 1962 Highways & roads projects 22 x 30
6. Schools June 1927 Districts; 2 copies 32.5 x 27
5. Town 1967 Some sites marked; 2 smaller maps attached, Darien Center and Darien City 25.5 x 23.5; 11 x 8.5

Map Case Drawer: Elba

Map Case Drawer: Elba
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1866 Roads marked 15 x 12
2. Atlas * 1904 Town 16 x 17.5
3. Atlas 1904 Village; 2 copies 15 x 18
4. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 30 x 21.5
5. Town 1962 Highways & roads projects 23.5 x 22
6. Village April 1926 Residents' names 15.5 x 19
7. Town ? Residents' names, ads for Johnston farm equipment

Map Case Drawer: LeRoy

Map Case Drawer: LeRoy
Title Date Description Size
10. Town 1892-? Town, with list of churches, businesses, railroads 36 x 22.5
1. Atlas * 1904 Town 15.5 x 17.5
2. Atlas 1904 Village south section; 2 copies, one in mylar 31 x 18
3. Atlas 1904 Village north section; 2 copies, one in mylar 31 x 18
4. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 30 x 21
5. Village 1974 Residential, commercial, industrial, historic preservation, planned development, land conservation – County Planning Board 35 x 37
6. Town * February 1962 Highways and roads project 25 x 25
7. Geological 1977 Survey LeRoy Quadrangle; 2 copies 23 x 30
8. Village Sold by Worthington & Wood, Batavia, NY; in mylar 29.5 x 34.25
9. Village 1919 Sold by Worthington & Wood, Batavia, NY; in mylar 34.25 x 30

Map Case Drawer: Oakfield

Map Case Drawer: Oakfield
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Town 15 x 17.5
2. Atlas 1904 Village; 2 copies 15 x 17.5
3. NYS DOT 1952 Oakfield Quadrangle 24 x 30
4. Geological 1952 Survey Oakfield Quadrangle 22 x 27
5. Town 1962 17.5 x 22
6. Town 1963 17.5 x 22
7. Town 1964 2 copies 17.5 x 22
8. Landmark 1967 Society map; 3 copies 30 x 21
9. Geological 1977 Survey Oakfield Quadrangle 23 x 30

Map Case Drawer: Pavilion

Map Case Drawer: Pavilion
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Town; poor condition 19.5 x 15.5
2. Atlas 1904 Town with small insert of Village 13 x 14.5
3. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 30.5 x 21
4. Schools August 1926 Districts 27.5 x 21.5
5. Town 1962 Highways and roads project 22 x 27.5
6. Village August 1926 16 x 19
7. Village August 1926 17.5 x 15
8. Community 1922 Methodist Episcopal Church with sites marked 20 x 25
9. Community 1922 Methodist Episcopal Church; 3 copies 20 x 25
10. Community 1922 Methodist Episcopal Church with routes marked 20 x 25
11. Community 1922 Methodist Episcopal Church with symbols 20 x 25
12. Village With symbols; Drew Seminary; 3 copies 20 x 24
13. Village With symbols; no key 20 x 24

Map Case Drawer: Pembroke

Folder A
Map Case Drawer: Pembroke — Folder A
Title Date Description Size
1. County Section listing property locations 37 x 14
2. Atlas 1904 Corfu; 2 copies 15 x 17
3. Atlas 1904 East Pembroke; 2 copies 14 x 17
4. Atlas 1904 Town 15 x 18
5. Corfu September 1927 Lists property owners, W. B. Thrall Map & Survey Co. 14 x 19.5
6. Schools September 1927 Districts, W. B. Thrall Map & Survey Co. 25 x 26
7. Town 1962 Highways and roads project 30 x 22
8. Highway 1963 Roads, creeks and landmarks; poor condition
9. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 21 x 30
10. Corfu No date New York Central Railroad / Section at Pump House 18 x 21
Folder B
Map Case Drawer: Pembroke — Folder B
Title Date Description Size
10. Pembroke 1866 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
11. Corfu 1866 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
12. N. Pembroke 1866 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
13. Corfu 1876 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
14. E. Pembroke 1876 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
15. Tonawanda Falls 1876 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
16. N. Pembroke 1876 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
17. Richville Sta. 1876 Pencil-drawn copies, enlargements from atlases 18 x 24
Folder C
Map Case Drawer: Pembroke — Folder C
Title Date Description Size
18. Tonawanda* 1843 Village of Tonawanda Falls (Indian Falls); very poor condition 41 x 21

Map Case Drawer: Stafford

Map Case Drawer: Stafford
Title Date Description Size
1. Atlas 1904 Morganville & Stafford 15 x 17.5
2. Atlas * 1904 Town 15 x 18
3. Village June 1927 Sub plan 13 x 16
4. Town 1962 Highway and roads project 22 x 26.5
5. Landmark 1967 Society map; 2 copies 30 x 21
6. Geological 1977 Survey Stafford Quadrangle 23 x 30
7. Park 1978 Proposed improvements to Emery Park 24.5 x 36.5

Atlases

1866 New Topographical Atlas of Genesee County Index (PDF)(PDF, 3MB)

1876 New Historical Atlas of Genesee County Index (PDF)(PDF, 2MB)

1904 Atlas Index (PDF)(PDF, 328KB)

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