Jackson County Historical Society

 

Archives, 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)


1904          Plat Book of Jackson County, Missouri (Northwest Publishing Co.)

 

1907          Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity (Tuttle and Pike)

1911          Plat Book of Jackson County, Missouri (Berry Publishing Co.)

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.)

1940          Unit Value Land Maps for Assessment Districts in Jackson County, Missouri

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.