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Flood Insurance Rate Maps
375
Maps of All Texas Counties
251
Flood Insurance Rate Map: Tarrant County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
119
Flood Insurance Rate Map: Denton County, Texas and Incorporated Areas
89
Flood Insurance Rate Map: City of Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Denton, Collin, Rockwall and Kaufman Counties
45
Flood Insurance Rate Map: Dallas County, Texas (Unincorporated Areas)
40
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North America.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are shaded in various colors and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the names and locations of some North American Indian tribes are noted on the map. Scale [ca. 1:25,344,000].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas
This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas. The state is outlined in red and each county is labeled and outlined in green. The northern, panhandle section of Texas is removed from the rest of the state and depicted in an inset (lower left corner). Major cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the names and locations of some Indian tribes are noted. On the opposite side, Arkansas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) are drawn in the same way with Arkansas on the left half of the page and Indian Territory on the right. The panhandle portion of Indian Territory (labeled "Public Lands") is separated from the rest of the state and depicted in an inset (upper left corner). Each map includes the state's population and area beneath the title. Prime meridians: Greewich and Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
People's Publishing Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities
This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas. Counties are shaded using various colors and labeled. Cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the map is annotated with notes about the locations of Indian tribes, railroads, and wild herds as well as population and other statistics from the 1850 census. Scale 1:3,400,000. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The northern, panhandle section of Texas is separated from the rest of the state and shown in an inset (upper left corner) titled "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map." Additionally, an inset in the lower left corner is a "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston" (with Scale 1: 600,000).
Date:
1852
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) & Hazzard, J. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas.
Map of Texas shows empresario land grants (outlined in color) and locations of American Indian settlements prior to the Texas Declaration of Independence. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1: 5,069,000] (W 105⁰--W 94⁰/N 34⁰--N 26⁰) Prime meridians: Washington and London.
Date:
1835
Creator:
Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Different countries and regions are outlined and shaded in various colors. Some cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:33,792,000].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hall, Sidney
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AmeĢrique septentrionale
This map shows North and Central America with countries outlined in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, locations of Native American tribes are labeled. There are two insets in the lower left corner showing the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Date:
1840
Creator:
Meissas, Achille, 1799-1874 & Michelot, Auguste, 1792-1866
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tunison's Texas and Indian Territory
There are three maps on the sheet with page numbers 73-76 in the upper corners. On the front are Texas and Indian Territory with two separate maps on the back showing Alabama and Nebraska. Each map shows the counties (labeled and shaded in various colors), major cities and roads, and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures) as well as the area and populations of the states (listed with the titles). Some parts of surrounding states are visible in each of the maps. Additionally, the Texas map has an inset showing the "Western Part of Texas." Scale [ca. 1:3,041,280] (W 103⁰-- W 93⁰/N 38⁰-- N 26⁰) Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tunison, Henry Cuthbert, 1855-
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnaissance of Sabine Pass
This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas and Louisiana around the Sabine Pass. The physical features are marked to portray coastline conditions. Depths are shown by soundings and marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the lower left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. It also notes that various measurements used for the map were taken between 1848 and 1852. Scale 1:40,000.
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary Chart of San Luis Pass, Texas
This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the San Luis Pass. The physical features are in color and appear to be shaded to portray heights (additional relief shown by hachures). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text at the bottom of the page, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1851 and 1853; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map. Additional text in the lower right corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and "Tidal Remarks"; the text gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000. Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Date:
[1851..1853]
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Entrance, Texas
This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the Galveston Entrance. The physical features are shaded and include the aerial layout of Galveston and nearby areas (relief shown by soundings). Depths are marked with shading (rendered in a dot pattern) and numbers in feet. According to text at the bottom of the page (lower left corner), the various measurements to create the map were made between 1848 and 1852; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map and the locations of "Episcopal Church" and "Market House" in Galveston, Texas. Additional text along the right side of the map is labeled "Sailing Directions," "Note," "Tides," and "Remarks"; the text gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:40,000.
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas
This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the entrance to the Rio Grande River. The physical features are shaded with relief (and depths) shown by soundings. Depths are marked with lines, shading (rendered in a dot pattern), and numbers in feet. Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text in the lower left corner, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1853 and 1854; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map. The text is labeled "Note" and "Tides" which gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000.
Date:
[1853,1854]
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas
There are two maps on this sheet, one on each side. The map on the front shows Texas with the northern portion in an inset (lower left corner). The back of the sheet contains two pages (numbered 113 and 116); the left half contains six illustrated advertisements from "Pittsburgh, PA." and the right half contains a map of the state of Oklahoma (labeled "Indian Territory") with the panhandle portion in an inset (upper left corner). Both maps have all of the counties labeled and shaded in various colors and have major roads, bodies of water and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures) marked. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the United States, Canada, Texas & Part of Mexico: To Illustrate Olney's School Geography.
This map shows the United States, Texas, and the surrounding areas (portions of Mexico and Canada). U.S. states and territories, as well as Texas, are shaded in various colors. Cities (with populations), Indian tribes, railroads, canals, rivers and mountains (with lengths), and other geographic features are marked on the map (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights). An "Explanation" key is under the title in the lower right corner. In the left part of the map, over a portion of Mexico, there is a table that shows "the distance from Washington to the capital or largest Town of each State; also the distance from each Capital or largest town to each of the others." Scale not given. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington
Date:
1844
Creator:
Sherman & Smith
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North America.
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries and regions are shaded in various colors and labeled. Bodies of water and some geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Washington.
Date:
1838
Creator:
Boynton, G. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Political map of the United States, Texas, Mexico and the British Provinces: adapted to Woodbridges Geography.
This map shows the United States, the Republic of Texas, and Mexico as well as some of the surrounding areas. Each of the U.S. states and territories, Texas, and Mexico are outlined in various colors. Towns, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are three insets: District of Columbia (lower left corner); Michigan, Wisconsin & Iowa (lower right corner); and Map of Railways & Canals in the Middle States (upper right corner). There is a key at the bottom of the page that gives "References & Explanations."
Date:
1845
Creator:
Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Harbor, Texas
Map shows Galveston, Texas street grid, Bolivar Point railroad line, existing and proposed jetties, and Galveston Bay entrance. Depths shown by isolines. Includes key to map.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Hartrick, E. M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. IX from 1848 to 1857.
Map shows towns along the Gulf of Mexico coastline in Texas used for triangulation. Inset: Sketch Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 56. Includes text, "Notes." Scale [1:600,000] and [1:400,000].
Date:
1857
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Bay, Texas,: showing proposed improvement of Galveston Channel
Map shows existing and proposed wharves, jetties, Pelican and other islands, Galveston Wharf Co., Fort San Jacinto, shipping channels, and city streets. Includes notes on land ownership. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date:
1900
Creator:
RicheĢ, C. S.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mexico, Guatemala and the West Indies.
Map shows early nineteenth century boundaries of Mexico extending north along the Pacific coast. Mexican provinces and major towns are indicated. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:14,482,000].
Date:
1835
Creator:
Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
County map of Texas.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas county lines. Inset: Galveston Bay and vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,435,000].
Date:
1860
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas
Map shows late nineteenth century topography of the Bolivar Channel at the entrance to Galveston Bay, islands, lighthouses. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Scale [1:20,000].
Date:
1880
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proposed new industrial section for Dallas
Early twentieth century map shows streets, lots, and businesses in section of downtown Dallas, Texas north east of the M.K. & T. Railway and the Texas & Pacific Railway. Includes text in panel above map and in lower margin. Cadastral map. Scale not given.
Date:
1917
Creator:
A.H. Belo Corporation.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary sketch of Galveston Bay indicating proposed sites for light houses as authorized by act of Congress of Mar. 3, 1851.
Map shows the entrance to Galveston Bay between Galveston Island and Boliver Peninsula, proposed sites for light houses, water depths, and structures. Scale 1:200,000.
Date:
1851
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Texas, Galveston Co.
Map shows street names, block numbers [in red ink, corrected in pencil], channels, and beacons; vectors in red and black ink with additional lines and notes in pencil. Appears to be engineering plan for placement of a jetty or roadway. Scale [ca. 1:3600].
Date:
[1869..1889]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History