Administrative Boundaries of Boston and Massachusetts

• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Massachusetts (Newberry Library) - Interactive maps, chronology and GIS data
• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
• Search the library catalog or the LMEC digital collections for [County name] maps.
• MassGIS Data: Counties

Maps

• Town plans, 1794 (Massachusetts State Archives) 
  Each town in Massachusetts was required by Resolves 1794, May Sess, c 101 (June 26, 1794) to make a town plan based on a survey no more than seven years old, to be submitted to the state secretary’s office
• Town plans, 1830 (Massachusetts State Archives) 
  Each town in Massachusetts (and the city of Boston) was required by Resolves 1829, c 50 to make a town plan based on a survey no more than five years old, to be submitted to the state secretary's office
• Atlases of town boundaries 
  Include statutes defining the town boundaries, maps, and descriptions and photos of town corners
  • Search the library catalog for the terms atlas boundaries [town name]
  • Online from the State Library. 
  • The MassDOT town corners app plots the town corners, with links to the atlas, and also outlines towns and includes some attributes
• Massachusetts, Minor Civil Divisions, Towns and Cities
• Search the library catalog or the LMEC digital collections for maps and:
  • The name of the town
  • The name of town it split off of 
  • Name of the county

Datasets

• MassGIS Data: Municipalities

• MassGIS Data: ZIP Codes

Maps

• 1852 - A map of Massachusetts, showing the congressional districts, as proposed by the Senate of 1852
• 1890 - Outline map of Massachusetts showing population according to United States Census of 1890, and Congressional districts
• 1902 - Eleventh Congressional District

• 1886 - Map of senatorial districts of Massachusetts, as established by the legislature of 1886
• 1906 - Outline map of Massachusetts showing senatorial districts as established by the General Court of 1906
• Historical maps on malegislature.gov

Datasets

• Datasets from MassGIS