Jackson County Historical SocietyArchives,
Research Library and Archives
Printed Maps and Atlases at the Jackson County
Historical Society (11/01/06)
The Jackson County
Historical Society collects, preserves, and makes available to researchers
materials that provide a broad insight into the county's civic, social,
cultural, economic, and educational development. Pinpoint property in Jackson County, Missouri. We may be able to help you determine the legal description of the property you’re seeking, which is needed when researching land records. The Historical Society also maintains for the
benefit of researchers two other important, large collections relating to
property and property ownership in Jackson County, Missouri: 1) Plat Maps,
and 2) Abstract of Title series showing the transfer of property generally
from the time when the federal government patented the land to when the
abstract was made. See separate
listings of plat maps and property abstracts. A Selected
List of our Jackson County, Missouri, Printed Maps and Atlases 1829 Plat
of the Town of Independence copied from an original at the Jackson County
Recorder of Deeds (Boxes 102F8 and L11F19) 1869 A
Bird’s Eye View of Independence, Jackson County, Mo. (A. Ruger) 1876 Hickman’s
Property Atlas (E.A. Hickman and A. L. Thornton) [shows
property owners and acreage; surnames partially indexed by legal description] 1877 Illustrated
Atlas of Jackson County, Missouri [and reprinted by Jackson County (Mo.)
Historical Society] [shows
property owners and acreage; surname index by Annette W. Curtis, 1984] 1881 Atlas
of Kansas City (L.T.G. Co.) 1881 Atlas
of the City of Kansas, Jackson County, Mo. (Hottelmann) 1886 Atlas
of the Environs of Kansas City (G.M. Hopkins) 1887 Atlas
of the Environs of Kansas City: A Complete Set of Surveys and Plats of
Properties in the City of Kansas City, Second Edition, in 38 plates (G.M.
Hopkins) 1887 Case
& Norman’s Stranger’s Guide to Kansas City, Missouri [a bird’s eye view]
(W. L. Bloomer) 1891 Atlas
of the Environs of Kansas City: A Complete Set of Surveys and Plats of
Properties in the City of Kansas City, Third Edition, in 43 plates (G.M.
Hopkins) 1898-1950s Jackson
County Assessment Department Plat Maps [working
copies modified between these years; dates are incomplete] 1900 Atlas
of Kansas City and Vicinity (Tuttle and Pike)
1907 Atlas
of Kansas City and Vicinity (Tuttle and Pike) 1926 Jackson
County Plat Book (Box 132.5F17) 1925 Atlas,
Kansas City, Mo., and Environs (Tuttle, Ayers, Woodward) [shows
outlines of property ownership and outlines of buildings on lots] 1931 Atlas,
Jackson County, Mo. (Gallup Map and Supply Co.) 1936 Road
District Maps (Jackson County Highway Department) 1940 Atlas,
Independence, Mo. (Gallup Map and Supply Co.) 1943 Plat
of the City of Independence (Box102F8) 1940s-2002 Highway
Maps, Jackson County, Mo. (Department of Public Works) [produced
annually; only selected years have been donated] 1956 Road
District Maps (Jackson County Highway Department) 1958 Road
District Maps (Jackson County Highway Department) 1976 Jackson
County Property Atlas (in three volumes) Thank
you for helping us to assemble a more complete collection. Donations are
welcome. Please contact us:
Jackson County Historical Society, 112 West Lexington, Ste 103, Independence,
MO 64050; 816.252.7454; djackson@jchs.org. Other institutions with large collections of these
types of records are the Kansas City (Missouri) Public Library's Special
Collections, and Mid-Continent Public Library's Genealogy Branch. |
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