Iowa historical topo maps
Cartahaven has 115 historical topo maps of Iowa, all free. These are the USGS 15-minute (1:62,500) quadrangles from the mid-1900s: old roads, mines, homesteads, rail lines and place names that newer maps leave off.
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Adel, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1949)
Adel, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1951)
Afton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1951)
Albia, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1929)
Amana, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1888)
Amana, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1889)
Amana, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1899)
Ames, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1912)
Ames, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1914)
Anamosa, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1890)
Audubon, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Bagley, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1954)
Baldwin, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Bedford, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Bedford, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Blockton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Blockton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Boone, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1916)
Burlington, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1934)
Burlington, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1887)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Centerville, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1939)
Centerville, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1941)
Chariton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1918)
Clinton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Clinton, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1894)
Coin, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Coin, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Corydon, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1934)
Corydon, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1937)
Davenport, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Davenport, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1894)
Des Moines, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1905)
Des Moines, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1907)
Des Moines, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1956)
Dewitt, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Durant, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1890)
Durant, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1894)
East Dubuque, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1935)
East Dubuque, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Fort Dodge, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1923)
Fort Madison, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1936)
Goose Lake, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1892)
Goose Lake, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1894)
Greenfield, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1954)
Indianola, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1931)
Iowa City, IA
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1891)
Every Iowa historical topo map by name
- Adel, IA (1949)
- Adel, IA (1951)
- Afton, IA (1951)
- Albia, IA (1929)
- Amana, IA (1888)
- Amana, IA (1889)
- Amana, IA (1899)
- Ames, IA (1912)
- Ames, IA (1914)
- Anamosa, IA (1890)
- Audubon, IA (1957)
- Bagley, IA (1954)
- Baldwin, IA (1891)
- Bedford, IA (1940)
- Bedford, IA (1943)
- Blockton, IA (1940)
- Blockton, IA (1943)
- Boone, IA (1916)
- Burlington, IA (1934)
- Burlington, IA (1940)
- Cedar Rapids, IA (1887)
- Cedar Rapids, IA (1891)
- Centerville, IA (1939)
- Centerville, IA (1941)
- Chariton, IA (1918)
- Clinton, IA (1891)
- Clinton, IA (1894)
- Coin, IA (1940)
- Coin, IA (1943)
- Corydon, IA (1934)
- Corydon, IA (1937)
- Davenport, IA (1891)
- Davenport, IA (1894)
- Des Moines, IA (1905)
- Des Moines, IA (1907)
- Des Moines, IA (1956)
- Dewitt, IA (1891)
- Durant, IA (1890)
- Durant, IA (1894)
- East Dubuque, IA (1935)
- East Dubuque, IA (1940)
- Fort Dodge, IA (1923)
- Fort Madison, IA (1936)
- Goose Lake, IA (1892)
- Goose Lake, IA (1894)
- Greenfield, IA (1954)
- Indianola, IA (1931)
- Iowa City, IA (1891)
- Iowa City, IA (1938)
- Jefferson, IA (1962)
- Knoxville, IA (1909)
- Knoxville, IA (1912)
- Lamoni, IA (1945)
- Lamoni, IA (1947)
- Le Mars, IA (1962)
- Leclaire, IA (1892)
- Leclaire, IA (1893)
- Lehigh, IA (1923)
- Madrid, IA (1911)
- Madrid, IA (1914)
- Maquoketa, IA (1891)
- Marion, IA (1888)
- Marion, IA (1889)
- Marshalltown, IA (1960)
- Mason City, IA (1959)
- Mechanicsville, IA (1891)
- Mechanicsville, IA (1894)
- Melcher, IA (1924)
- Miles, IA (1935)
- Miles, IA (1941)
- Milo, IA (1910)
- Mitchellville, IA (1930)
- Monticello, IA (1891)
- Mount Ayr, IA (1945)
- Mount Ayr, IA (1947)
- Muscatine, IA (1948)
- Mystic, IA (1939)
- Mystic, IA (1942)
- New Market, IA (1940)
- New Market, IA (1943)
- New Virginia, IA (1950)
- New Virginia, IA (1952)
- Ogden, IA (1951)
- Osceola, IA (1951)
- Ottumwa North, IA (1956)
- Ottumwa South, IA (1956)
- Oxford, IA (1891)
- Oxford, IA (1894)
- Panora, IA (1952)
- Pella, IA (1910)
- Pella, IA (1912)
- Perry, IA (1950)
- Perry, IA (1951)
- Russell, IA (1935)
- Russell, IA (1938)
- Savanna, IA (1892)
- Seymour, IA (1942)
- Seymour, IA (1944)
- Shellsburg, IA (1888)
- Shellsburg, IA (1889)
- Shellsburg, IA (1899)
- Slater, IA (1911)
- Slater, IA (1913)
- St Charles, IA (1951)
- Tipton, IA (1889)
- Tipton, IA (1890)
- Union Center, IA (1962)
- Wapello, IA (1946)
- Wapello, IA (1949)
- Waukee, IA (1908)
- West Liberty, IA (1894)
- Wheatland, IA (1892)
- Wheatland, IA (1894)
- Wilton Junction, IA (1891)
- Winterset, IA (1952)