North Carolina historical topo maps
Cartahaven has 129 historical topo maps of North Carolina, 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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Acme, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1954)
Albemarle, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Asheboro, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Atkinson, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1955)
Ayden, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1902)
Ayden, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1904)
Barco, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Beckford, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1907)
Beckford, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1940)
Belhaven, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1916)
Bladenboro, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Blowing Rock, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1942)
Bolton, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1954)
Bryson, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1933)
Burgaw, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1942)
Bushnell, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1933)
Chadbourn, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1953)
Charlotte, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1905)
Charlotte, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1907)
Chocowinity, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1903)
Chocowinity, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1905)
Clifdale, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1948)
Clifdale, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1951)
Coharie, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1909)
Creedmoor, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Creedmoor, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1944)
Deep Run, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1958)
Denton, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Durham North, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1951)
Durham South, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Durham South, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1951)
Edenton, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1904)
Edenton, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1942)
Edenton, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1943)
Elizabeth City, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1948)
Elizabethtown, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1955)
Fair Bluff, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1962)
Falkland, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1904)
Fayetteville, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1948)
Fayetteville, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Four Oaks, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1908)
Fowler Bend, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1938)
Garland, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1959)
Garner, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1964)
Gastonia, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1914)
Gastonia, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1916)
Goldsboro, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1957)
Hamlet, NC
Old map for history, not navigation
USGS historical 15-minute topo (1949)
Every North Carolina historical topo map by name
- Acme, NC (1954)
- Albemarle, NC (1957)
- Asheboro, NC (1957)
- Atkinson, NC (1955)
- Ayden, NC (1902)
- Ayden, NC (1904)
- Barco, NC (1940)
- Beckford, NC (1907)
- Beckford, NC (1940)
- Belhaven, NC (1916)
- Bladenboro, NC (1957)
- Blowing Rock, NC (1942)
- Bolton, NC (1954)
- Bryson, NC (1933)
- Burgaw, NC (1942)
- Bushnell, NC (1933)
- Chadbourn, NC (1953)
- Charlotte, NC (1905)
- Charlotte, NC (1907)
- Chocowinity, NC (1903)
- Chocowinity, NC (1905)
- Clifdale, NC (1948)
- Clifdale, NC (1951)
- Coharie, NC (1909)
- Creedmoor, NC (1943)
- Creedmoor, NC (1944)
- Deep Run, NC (1958)
- Denton, NC (1957)
- Durham North, NC (1951)
- Durham South, NC (1943)
- Durham South, NC (1951)
- Edenton, NC (1904)
- Edenton, NC (1942)
- Edenton, NC (1943)
- Elizabeth City, NC (1948)
- Elizabethtown, NC (1955)
- Fair Bluff, NC (1962)
- Falkland, NC (1904)
- Fayetteville, NC (1948)
- Fayetteville, NC (1957)
- Four Oaks, NC (1908)
- Fowler Bend, NC (1938)
- Garland, NC (1959)
- Garner, NC (1964)
- Gastonia, NC (1914)
- Gastonia, NC (1916)
- Goldsboro, NC (1957)
- Hamlet, NC (1949)
- Hertford, NC (1906)
- Hertford, NC (1940)
- Jackson Springs, NC (1949)
- Jackson Springs, NC (1957)
- Jacksonville, NC (1943)
- Kenansville, NC (1943)
- Kenansville, NC (1948)
- Kenly, NC (1902)
- Kenly, NC (1903)
- Kinston, NC (1914)
- Kinston, NC (1916)
- Kitty Hawk, NC (1940)
- Lake Lure, NC (1959)
- Laurinburg, NC (1949)
- Lenoir, NC (1956)
- Lincolnton, NC (1909)
- Lincolnton, NC (1911)
- Linville Falls, NC (1956)
- Linville, NC (1944)
- Maple Hill, NC (1948)
- Marion, NC (1962)
- Maysville, NC (1942)
- Maysville, NC (1948)
- Mount Pleasant, NC (1957)
- New Bern, NC (1901)
- New Bern, NC (1903)
- New River, NC (1948)
- Oxford, NC (1953)
- Oxford, NC (1966)
- Pages Mill, NC (1943)
- Parmele, NC (1901)
- Parmele, NC (1902)
- Powells Point, NC (1940)
- Raleigh, NC (1943)
- Raleigh, NC (1951)
- Richlands, NC (1948)
- Richlands, NC (1965)
- Richlands, NC (1980)
- Rocky Mount, NC (1902)
- Rocky Mount, NC (1904)
- Rocky Point, NC (1947)
- Rose Hill, NC (1962)
- Roseboro, NC (1959)
- Roxboro, NC (1943)
- Saint Pauls, NC (1959)
- Selma, NC (1964)
- Seven Springs, NC (1957)
- Shelby, NC (1950)
- South Mills, NC (1940)
- South Mills, NC (1952)
- Southern Pines, NC (1948)
- Southern Pines, NC (1957)
- Spicer Bay, NC (1942)
- Spring Hope, NC (1902)
- Springhope, NC (1904)
- Swansboro, NC (1942)
- Swansboro, NC (1948)
- Tarboro, NC (1902)
- Tarboro, NC (1903)
- Topsail, NC (1942)
- Topsail, NC (1948)
- Trent River, NC (1903)
- Trent River, NC (1904)
- Troy, NC (1957)
- Vanceboro, NC (1902)
- Vanceboro, NC (1904)
- Vanceboro, NC (1905)
- Wade Point, NC (1940)
- Wade Point, NC (1943)
- Wade Point, NC (1948)
- Wayah Bald, NC (1942)
- White Lake, NC (1954)
- Whiteville, NC (1955)
- Williamston, NC (1901)
- Williamston, NC (1902)
- Wilmington, NC (1942)
- Wilmington, NC (1948)
- Wilson, NC (1904)
- Winterville, NC (1903)
- Winterville, NC (1905)
- Winton, NC (1908)