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Historical Urban Atlases of Massachusetts Towns at the BPL: Middlesex County

An overview of urban atlases of Massachusetts towns other than Boston at the Leventhal Map Center at the BPL

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County Atlases

F.W. Beers. (1875). County atlas of Middlesex, Massachusetts. New York : J.B. Beers & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Geo. H. Walker & Co. (1889). Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Boston : Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Geo W. Stadly & Co. (1900). Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 3 vols. Boston : Geo. W. Stadly & Co. ; Boston : Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Record | Digitized Vol. 1 | Digitized Vol. 2 | Digitized Vol. 3

Towns

Arlington

Geo. W. Stadly & Co. (1898). Atlas of the towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston, Mass. : Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Belmont

Geo. W. Stadly & Co. (1898). Atlas of the towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston, Mass. : Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Belmont, Mass. Engineering Dept. (1931). Town of Belmont assessors plans. Boston : Spaulding-Moss Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Belmont, Mass. Engineering Dept. (1940). Atlas of the town of Belmont, Massachusetts. Boston : Spaulding-Moss.
Record (at Central Library Delivery Desk)

Belmont, Mass. Engineering Dept. (1954). Town of Belmont Massachusetts. Boston : Boston Blue Print Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Cambridge

Sanborn, Daniel A. (1868). Insurance map of Charlestown portions of Roxbury (now annexed to Boston) and Cambridge. New York: D.A. Sanborn. Charlestown, Roxbury, and Cambridge.
Record | List | Index 

Sanborn, Daniel A. (1871). Insurance map of Charlestown portions of Roxbury (now annexed to Boston) and Cambridge. New York: D.A. Sanborn. Charlestown, Roxbury, and Cambridge.
Record | List | Index | Published 1868, corrected to November, 1871 

G.M. Hopkins, Jr. (1873). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co.
Record | List | Map 

Sanborn, Daniel A. (1885). Insurance Maps of Boston Volume 4: comprising portions of Charlestown, East Cambridge, Cambridge Port, Old Cambridge & Somerville . New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co.
Record | List | Map | Published 1876, corrected to June, 1885

G.M. Hopkins, Jr. (1886). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins.
Record | List | Map

G.W. Bromley. (1894). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

G.W. Bromley. (1903). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

G.W. Bromley. (1916). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

G.W. Bromley & Co. (1930). Atlas of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

Lexington

Geo. W. Stadly & Co. (1898). Atlas of the towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston, Mass. : Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Lowell

L.J. Richards & Co. (1906). Atlas of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Springfield, Mass. : L.J. Richards & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Richards Map Company. (1924). Richards standard atlas of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Springfield, Mass. : Richards Map Co.
Record (at Central Library Delivery Desk)

Franklin Survey Company. (1936). Property atlas of city of Lowell, Northern District, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : Franklin Survey Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Malden

Geo. H. Walker & Co. (1885). Atlas of Malden City, Massachusetts. Boston. : Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Sanborn-Perris Map Co. (1897). Insurance maps of Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. New York : Sanborn-Perris Map Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Geo. H. Walker & Co. (1897). Atlas of the city of Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Boston. : Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Record (at Malden Public Library)

Medford

Geo. W. Stadly & Co. (1898). Atlas of the city of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston, Mass. : Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Melrose

(1934). City of Melrose assessors plans. Boston : Spaulding-Moss Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Newton

G.M. Hopkins, Jr. (1874). Atlas of the city of Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co.
Record | List | Map (1:1,800) | Map (1:7,200)

J.B. Beers & Co. (1886). Atlas of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. New York : J.B. Beers & Co.
Record | List Map (1:1,800) Map (1:7,200)

G.W. Bromley. (1895). Atlas of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

G.W. Bromley. (1917). Atlas of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

Rowland H. Barnes. (1929). Atlas of the city of Newton, Massachusetts. Waltham, Mass. : Rowland H. Barnes.
Record | List | Map

Newton (Mass.). Engineering Dept. (1946). Atlas of the city of Newton, Massachusetts : assessors block system. Newton, Mass. : [publisher not identified].
Record | Digitized Atlas

Sanborn Map Company. (1960). Insurance Maps of Newton, Massachusetts. New York : Sanborn Map Company.
Record | Published 1931, corrected to 1960

Sanborn Map Company. (1963). Newton, Massachusetts, Volume 3. Pelham N.Y. : Sanborn Map Company.
Record | Published 1961, corrected to 1963

Somerville

G.M. Hopkins & Co. (1874). Atlas of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co.
Record | List | Map

Sanborn, Daniel A. (1885). Insurance Maps of Boston Volume 4: comprising portions of Charlestown, East Cambridge, Cambridge Port, Old Cambridge & Somerville . New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co.
Record | List | Map | Published 1876, corrected to June, 1885

G.W. Bromley. (1895). Atlas of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co.
Record | List | Map

Sanborn Map Company. (1961). Atlas of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. New York : Sanborn Map Company. 
Record | Published 1934, corrected to 1961

Waltham

Waltham (Mass), City Engineer. (1911). [Waltham, 1911]. [Waltham, Mass.] : [City Engineer].
Record | Digitized Atlas

Watertown

Geo. W. Stadly & Co. (1898). Atlas of the towns of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Lexington, Middlesex County, Mass. Boston, Mass. : Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Wayland

Everett M. Brooks Company. (1967). Atlas of the town of Wayland. Newtonville, Mass. : Everett M. Brooks & Co.
Record | Digitized Atlas

Woburn

G.M. Hopkins & Co. (1875). Atlas of the town of Woburn, Massachusetts. Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co.
Record