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Historic Map Archive

197 historic maps of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, and the surrounding anthracite region — Sanborn fire-insurance plats, county atlases, USGS topographic sheets, birds-eye views, and railroad, canal, and mine maps. 107 open in a high-resolution deep-zoom viewer; the rest link to the holding institution. Every record carries its source and a full citation.

197 of 197 maps

• Deep zoom Print Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Tanner) 1830 · County map County-wide
• Print A Map of Schuylkill County, Penna. (Sheafer / Barnes) 1855 · County map County-wide
• Deep zoom Print Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: From Actual Surveys (Scott) 1864 · County map County-wide
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Ashland (series) 1885-1947 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Girardville (series) 1885-1948 · Sanborn fire-insurance Girardville
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Mahanoy City (series) 1885-1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Shenandoah (series) 1885-1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Tamaqua (series) 1885-1946 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Tremont (series) 1885-1929 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Print Bird's-Eye View of Mahanoy City, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Mahanoy City
• Print Bird's-Eye View of Pottsville, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Pottsville
• Print Bird's-Eye View of Shenandoah, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Shenandoah
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Pottsville Quadrangle, 1889 1889 · Topographic Pottsville 15-minute quadrangle
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Pine Grove (series) 1891-1931 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Pottsville Quadrangle, 1891 1891 · Topographic Pottsville 15-minute quadrangle
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Mahanoy Quadrangle, 1892 1892 · Topographic Mahanoy 15-minute quadrangle
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Pine Grove Quadrangle, 1892 1892 · Topographic Pine Grove 15-minute quadrangle
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Mahanoy Quadrangle, 1893 1893 · Topographic Mahanoy 15-minute quadrangle
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Lansford (series) 1896-1908 · Sanborn fire-insurance Lansford
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Frackville (series) 1898-1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — McAdoo (series) 1907-1948 · Sanborn fire-insurance McAdoo
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Tower City (series) 1911-1939 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tower City
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Middleport (series) 1912-1912 · Sanborn fire-insurance Middleport
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Brockton (series) 1916-1916 · Sanborn fire-insurance Brockton
• Deep zoom Print Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Coaldale (series) 1916-1940 · Sanborn fire-insurance Coaldale
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Mahanoy Quadrangle, 1955 1955 · Topographic Mahanoy 15-minute quadrangle
• Print USGS Topographic Map — Pine Grove Quadrangle, 1955 1955 · Topographic Pine Grove 15-minute quadrangle
• Print USGS Geology of the West-Central Southern Anthracite Field (PP 602) 1969 · Geological Southern Anthracite Field (Schuylkill)
• Deep zoom Ashland — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Ashland
• Deep zoom Auburn — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Auburn
• Deep zoom Barry Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Barry Township
• Deep zoom Blythe Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Blythe Township
• Deep zoom Brandonville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Brandonville
• Deep zoom Butler Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Butler Township
• Deep zoom Cass Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Cass Township
• Deep zoom Coal Dale (Coaldale) — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Coal Dale (Coaldale)
• Deep zoom Colorado — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Colorado
• Deep zoom County Atlas of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania (Beers & Cochran) 1875 · County atlas County-wide (104 plates)
• Deep zoom Cressona — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Cressona
• Deep zoom Donaldson — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Donaldson
• Deep zoom East Union Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas East Union Township
• Deep zoom Eldred Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Eldred Township
• Deep zoom Frackville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Frackville
• Deep zoom Gilberton — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Gilberton
• Deep zoom Girardville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Girardville
• Deep zoom Hegins Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Hegins Township
• Deep zoom Hubley Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Hubley Township
• Deep zoom Klein & Foster Townships — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Klein & Foster Townships
• Deep zoom Mahanoy City — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Mahanoy Plain — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Mahanoy Plain
• Deep zoom Mahanoy Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Mahanoy Township
• Deep zoom Middleport — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Middleport
• Deep zoom Minersville (in township plates) — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Minersville (in township plates)
• Deep zoom Mount Carbon — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Mount Carbon
• Deep zoom Mount Laffee — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Mount Laffee
• Deep zoom New Castle — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas New Castle
• Deep zoom New Castle Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas New Castle Township
• Deep zoom Newtown — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Newtown
• Deep zoom North Manheim Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas North Manheim Township
• Deep zoom North Pine Grove (Township) — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas North Pine Grove (Township)
• Deep zoom North Union Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas North Union Township
• Deep zoom Norwegian, East Norwegian & Pottsville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Norwegian, East Norwegian & Pottsville
• Deep zoom Pine Grove — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Pine Grove
• Deep zoom Port Carbon & Palo Alto — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Port Carbon & Palo Alto
• Deep zoom Port Clinton — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Port Clinton
• Deep zoom Porter, Tremont & Frailey Townships — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Porter, Tremont & Frailey Townships
• Deep zoom Pottsville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Pottsville
• Deep zoom Rahn Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Rahn Township
• Deep zoom Reilly & Branch Townships — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Reilly & Branch Townships
• Deep zoom Rush Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Rush Township
• Deep zoom Ryan Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Ryan Township
• Deep zoom Schuylkill County (atlas county map) — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Schuylkill County (atlas county map)
• Deep zoom Schuylkill Haven — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Schuylkill Haven
• Deep zoom Schuylkill Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Schuylkill Township
• Deep zoom Sheaffers Hill — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Sheaffers Hill
• Deep zoom Shenandoah — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Shenandoah
• Deep zoom South Manheim Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas South Manheim Township
• Deep zoom St. Clair — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas St. Clair
• Deep zoom Tamaqua — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Tamaqua
• Deep zoom Tower City — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Tower City
• Deep zoom Tremont — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Tremont
• Deep zoom Tuscarora — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Tuscarora
• Deep zoom Union Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Union Township
• Deep zoom Upper Mahantongo Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Upper Mahantongo Township
• Deep zoom Valley View — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Valley View
• Deep zoom Washington Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Washington Township
• Deep zoom Wayne Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Wayne Township
• Deep zoom West Brunswick Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas West Brunswick Township
• Deep zoom West Mahanoy Township — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas West Mahanoy Township
• Deep zoom Yorkville — 1875 Beers Atlas Plate 1875 · County atlas Yorkville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps — Pottsville (series) 1885-1955 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Girardville, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Girardville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1885 1885 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Bird's-Eye View of Frackville, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Frackville
• Bird's-Eye View of Girardville, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Girardville
• Bird's-Eye View of Minersville, 1889 (T. M. Fowler) 1889 · Birds-eye view Minersville
• USGS Historical Topographic Map — Pottsville Quadrangle 1889 · Topographic Pottsville 15-minute quadrangle
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1891 1891 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• USGS Historical Topographic Map — Mahanoy Quadrangle 1892 · Topographic Mahanoy 15-minute quadrangle
• USGS Historical Topographic Map — Pine Grove Quadrangle 1892 · Topographic Pine Grove 15-minute quadrangle
• Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1895 1895 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Lansford, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Lansford
• Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1896 1896 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1898 1898 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Lansford, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Lansford
• Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1902 1902 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1903 1903 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1903 1903 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1907 1907 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — McAdoo, 1907 1907 · Sanborn fire-insurance McAdoo
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1908 1908 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Lansford, 1908 1908 · Sanborn fire-insurance Lansford
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1908 1908 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1908 1908 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1911 1911 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Tower City, 1911 1911 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tower City
• Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1911 1911 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1912 1912 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Sanborn Map — McAdoo, 1912 1912 · Sanborn fire-insurance McAdoo
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Middleport, 1912 1912 · Sanborn fire-insurance Middleport
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1913 1913 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Girardville, 1913 1913 · Sanborn fire-insurance Girardville
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1913 1913 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1915 1915 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Brockton, 1916 1916 · Sanborn fire-insurance Brockton
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Coaldale, 1916 1916 · Sanborn fire-insurance Coaldale
• Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1920 1920 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1921 1921 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1921 1921 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1921 1921 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Deep zoom Sanborn Map — Coaldale, 1923 1923 · Sanborn fire-insurance Coaldale
• Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1923 1923 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1923 1923 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1950 1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1955 1955 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• County map 1855 Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA State Archives MG-11 #90) 1855 · County map County-wide
• Railroad & canal 1855 Schuylkill County Rail Roads (Sheafer) 1855 · Railroad & canal County-wide / regional
• County map 1872 County of Schuylkill (Walling & Gray, New Topographical Atlas of PA) 1872 · County map County-wide
• Geological 1884 General Map of the Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania (Ashburner, 1884) 1884 · Geological PA anthracite fields (incl. Schuylkill)
• Geological 1884 Panther Creek Basin Cross-Section (Second Geological Survey) 1884 · Geological Panther Creek Basin (Carbon & Schuylkill)
• Railroad & canal 1884 Pennsylvania, Reading & Lehigh Valley Railroad (Alter) 1884 · Railroad & canal County-wide / regional
• Railroad & canal 1886 Schuylkill River — Drainage, Pools & Canals (E. F. Smith) 1886 · Railroad & canal County-wide / regional
• Topographic 1889-2019 USGS topoView — Schuylkill County Coverage (Collection Pointer) 1889-2019 · Topographic County-wide (multiple quadrangles)
• Railroad & canal 1916 Schuylkill County Public Roads (Benedict & Strum) 1916 · Railroad & canal County-wide / regional
• Railroad & canal 1918 Schuylkill Navigation Company (Canal) (Lehman) 1918 · Railroad & canal County-wide / regional
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1920 Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1920 1920 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1922 Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1922 1922 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1923 Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1923 1923 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1923 Sanborn Map — Tower City, 1923 1923 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tower City
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1925 Sanborn Map — McAdoo, 1925 1925 · Sanborn fire-insurance McAdoo
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1927 Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1927 1927 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1928 Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1928 1928 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1928 Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1928 1928 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1928 Sanborn Map — Girardville, 1928 1928 · Sanborn fire-insurance Girardville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1928 Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1928 1928 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1929 Sanborn Map — Tremont, 1929 1929 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tremont
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1930 Sanborn Map — Coaldale, 1930 1930 · Sanborn fire-insurance Coaldale
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1931 Sanborn Map — Pine Grove, 1931 1931 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pine Grove
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1939 Sanborn Map — Tower City, 1939 1939 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tower City
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1940 Sanborn Map — Coaldale, 1940 1940 · Sanborn fire-insurance Coaldale
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1942 Sanborn Map — Pottsville, 1942 1942 · Sanborn fire-insurance Pottsville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1946 Sanborn Map — Tamaqua, 1946 1946 · Sanborn fire-insurance Tamaqua
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1947 Sanborn Map — Ashland, 1947 1947 · Sanborn fire-insurance Ashland
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1948 Sanborn Map — Girardville, 1948 1948 · Sanborn fire-insurance Girardville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1948 Sanborn Map — McAdoo, 1948 1948 · Sanborn fire-insurance McAdoo
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1950 Sanborn Map — Frackville, 1950 1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Frackville
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1950 Sanborn Map — Mahanoy City, 1950 1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Mahanoy City
• Sanborn fire-insurance 1950 Sanborn Map — Shenandoah, 1950 1950 · Sanborn fire-insurance Shenandoah
• Mine & colliery 2026 Pennsylvania DEP Mine Maps — Tile Index (PASDA dataset 1047) 2026 · Mine & colliery Statewide GIS index (incl. Schuylkill)
• Mine & colliery ongoing National Mine Map Repository (OSMRE) ongoing · Mine & colliery National (anthracite incl. Schuylkill)
• Reference reference Old Maps Online — Schuylkill County (discovery search) reference · Reference County-wide (search)
• Reference reference Penn State PA Historical County Atlases (discovery index) reference · Reference Statewide (Schuylkill entry)
• Mine & colliery ongoing Pennsylvania Mine Map Atlas (PA DEP / Penn State PASDA) ongoing · Mine & colliery County-wide (searchable)
• Mine & colliery ongoing PHUMMIS — PA Historic Underground Mine Map Inventory System ongoing · Mine & colliery County-wide (searchable)
• Reference reference Schuylkill County Historical Society — Map Collection (offline) reference · Reference County-wide (on-site)
• Railroad & canal reference Schuylkill County Railroads (RR Project 113 — reference) reference · Railroad & canal County-wide