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Maps of the District of Columbia

Guide to maps of Washington D.C. in the Library of Virginia's collection

Maps in Map Collection

A Plan of Alexandria
Colonel George Gilpin
Alexandria, 1795
Manuscript in pen and ink
Call number: G3884.A3 1795 .G55


Plan of the Town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, 1798
Engraved by T. Clarke, New York
Published by I. V. Thomas, 1798 and 1944
Whatman Paper
Restrike from original copperplate
Call number: 755.25 1798 1944


Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of the District of Columbia
Engraved by George Delleker and James Young
Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822
Hand-colored engraving
Call number: G3850 1822 .H2 Voorhees Collection


Chart of the Head of the Navigation of the Potomac River Shewing the Route of the Alexandria Canal
William James Stone
Washington, D.C.[?], 1838
Call number: 755.23 C2 1838


Plan of the Town of Alexandria, D.C. with the Environs Exhibiting the Outlet of the Alexandria Canal, the Shipping Channel, Wharves, Hunting Cre. & c.
Maskell C. Ewing
Philadelphia: T. Sinclair, 79 S. 3d St., 1845
Lithograph
Call number: 755.25 1845


Chart of the Head of the Navigation of the Potomac River surveyed by order of the Sec. of War for the Corporation of Georgetown D.C. with a view to the improvement of the Georgetown Channel, under the Direction of Capt. I.C. Woodruff, Corps, Top’l Eng’rs. (Ass’t. bureau Top’l. Eng’rs)
by R.W. Burgess
R. W. Burgess, C.E.
New York: Lith of J. Bien, 60 Fulton St., 1857
Engraved map
Call number: G3851.P55 1857 .B8


Plan of the City of Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America
W. H. Gamble
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr., 1860
G3850 1860 .G3


Potomac River (in four sheets) Sheet No. 1, From Entrance to Piney Point
Washington, D.C.: Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1862
Call number: G3792.P6 1862 .U5


Map of N. Eastern Virginia and Vicinity of Washington compiled in Topographical Engineers Office at Division Head Quarters of General Irvin McDowell, Arlington, January 11, 1862, from published and manuscript maps corrected by recent Surveys and Reconnaissances
Joseph Schedler
Washington, D.C., 1862
Call number: G3881.S5 1862 .U5


Topographical Map of the Original District of Columbia and Environs: Showing the Fortifications around the City of Washington
E. G. Arnold
New York: G. Woolworth Colton, 18 Beckman St.
Call number: G3851.S5 1862 .A7 Flagg Collection


Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia
Frank A. Gray
Philadelphia: O. W. Gray, 1876
Call number: G3840 1876 .G7


MAPS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA New Railroad Map of the States of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia
Philadelphia: O. W. Gray and Son, 1877
Call number: G3841 .P3 1877 .G7


Washington and Environs
John C. Lang
Washington, D.C.: Thos. E. Waggaman, 1885
Call number: G3851.G46 1885 .L3


Potomac River at Washington D.C. / Map Showing Progress of Work, June 30, 1885
Peter C. Hains
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885
Call number: G3851.P55 1885 .H35


The King Plats of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia 1803
King, N. (Nicholas)
Washington, D.C.: N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer, 1888
Call number: G1275 .K5 1888


Washington and Vicinity: Maryland–District of Columbia–Virginia
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1898
USGS Topos Washington Maryland–District of Columbia–Virginia
Plat of Proposed Reservation at Fort Stevens near Brightwood, D.C.
Henry B. Looker
Washington, D.C.: The Office, 1900
Call number: G3852.F6G45 1900 .D5


Map of the District of Columbia Showing Public Reservations and Possessions, And the Permanent System of Highways, Compiled in the Office of the Commission on the Improvement of the Park System. From Plans and Data furnished by the Engineer Commission
J. G. Langdon
Baltimore: A. Hoen and Company, 1901
Call number: G3851.G45 1901 .L3


Pictorial Map of Washington, D.C.
Arch B. Williams
Washington, D.C.: Evening Star, March 4, 1917
Call number: G3851.E635 1917 .W5


The Mall and Vicinity, Washington, 1917
The Public Buildings Commission
Washington, D.C.: The Norris Peters Co., Litho, 1917
Call number: G3852.M3G45 1917 .U5


Greeters Guide Map to Washington, D.C.
Charters 31, Greeters of America
Washington, D.C.: Chapter 31, Greeters of America, 1928
Call number: 753 1928


Map of Capital and Environs Showing Points of Interest
American Automobile Association
Washington, D.C.: The Washington Times, June 10, 1935
Call number: G3851.E635 1935 .A44


Pattern of Route Zones Developed by Washington Regional Committee of Defense Transportation Administration / Map of the District of Columbia and Adjacent Area of Maryland and Virginia Prepared by the District of Columbia Department of Highways Planning Survey in Cooperation with the Public Roads Administration Federal Works Agency
Army Map Service
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army, 1943
Call number: G3851.R5 1943 .W3


MAPS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Map of the Permanent System of Highways District of Columbia 1943 Prepared in the Office of the Surveyor, D.C. By Direction of the Engineer Commissioner, D.C.
W. B. Gleason
Washington, D.C.: The Columbia Planographic Co., 1943
Call number: G3850 1943 .D52


Hearne Brothers Present Polyconic Projection Map of Washington, D.C.
Hearne Brothers Cartographic Productions
Detroit, Michigan: Hearne Brothers, 1945
Call number: 753 1945


Visitor’s Map of Washington, D.C. Published and Copyrighted by American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association, 1950
Call number: 753 1950


Visitor’s Map of Washington, D.C. Published and Copyrighted by American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Washington, D.C.: Greater National Capital Committee, 1951
Call number: 753 1951


Street Map of Washington and Suburban Maryland
American Automobile Association
Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association, 1951
Call number: 753 1951(1)


Map of Greater Washington Including Extensive Areas of Maryland and Virginia
Harold C. Jackson
Falls Church, VA: Columbia Map Company
Call number: 753 1952


Authorized Basic Rapid Transit System, December 1967
Washington, D.C.: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, December 1967
Call number: G3851.P33 1967 .W32


Metro Rail System, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Joseph W. Wiedel
College Park, MD: J. W. Wiedel, 1988
Call number: G3851.P33 1988 .W4 Wiedel Collection


Capitol Hill and the Mall
Joseph W. Wiedel
College Park, MD: University of Maryland, 1988
Call number: G3852.C32A7 1988 .W5 Wiedel Collection


Washington, D.C. Area, 1:50,000 Scale Satellite Image Map, 1987
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA: Interior-Geological Survey, 1988
Call number: G3851.A4 1987 .G5