Here's what Utah's counties looked like in 1849:
And another one by 1851!
And then here's Utah just one year later:
Anyway, it's a really cool little tool that can bring a lot of insight into what was going on in a state's earlier history.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Cool County Boundary Maps
Since I'm often updating the Legacy Tree blog sometimes there's neat stuff I want to share here as well. Yesterday we talked a little about cool maps. Maps are such a great tool for genealogy and I love how they help us understand our ancestors' stories better. One site I've used for years is http://www.mapofus.org/. If you click on a state and then scroll down, you can see county boundaries change over the years. It's really handy.
Here's what Utah's counties looked like in 1849:
Those early Utahns were busy. By 1850 they had added a county:
And another one by 1851!
And then here's Utah just one year later:
Anyway, it's a really cool little tool that can bring a lot of insight into what was going on in a state's earlier history.
Here's what Utah's counties looked like in 1849:
And another one by 1851!
And then here's Utah just one year later:
Anyway, it's a really cool little tool that can bring a lot of insight into what was going on in a state's earlier history.
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I like it when the OCD person took over.
ReplyDeleteyeah, me too!
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