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Maps of Jacksonville

Maps of Jacksonville

Maps of Jacksonville and northeast Florida by year. Click on the images below to enlarge.

Late 1500s map of Franciscan missions

Names and approximate locations of La Florida's Franciscan missions at the end of the 16th century. Source: Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan and the Guale Uprising of 1597.

1740 map of Southeast coastline

Coast from St. John's River to Savanna, 1740. Source: John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

1769 map of East Florida

East Florida by Thomas Jeffreys, 1769. Source: University of South Florida Digital Commons

1822 map of St. John's River

St. John's River from the Bar to Cowford by Charles Black Vignoles, 1822. Source: University of Florida.

 

1823 map of Florida territoryMap of Florida by Charles Black Vignoles and Henry Schenck Tanner, 1823. Source: Library of Congress.

NOTE: This is the first map we were able to locate on which Jacksonville appears under that name.

1847 Jacksonville map by N.R. ChildMap of 1847 Jacksonville by N.R. Child, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

1850s Jacksonville map by T.F. DavisMap of Jacksonville in the 1850s by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jackonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Map of the City of Jacskonville, East Florida, 1859. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924

1891 Pine Street fire illustration

Pine (Main) Street Conflagration of August 18, 1891 by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

1901 Jacksonville fire damage map

Map of district burned on May 3, 1901 by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

1914 Duval County map, Florida

Duval County by Richard J. Scott, 1914. Source: Jacksonville Public Library

1918 Jacksonville topographic map, Florida

Florida, Jacksonville Quadrangle by U.S. Geological Survey, 1918. Source: University of Florida Digital Collections

1918 Mayport topographic map, FloridaFlorida (Mayport Quadrangle) by U.S. Geological Survey, 1918. Source: University of Florida Digital Collections

1925 map of St. Johns River

St. Johns River, Jacksonville to the Ocean by Ellis, Curtis, & Kooker, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

1948 Jacksonville Beach topographic mapJacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1948. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1950 Jacksonville topographic map, FloridaMap of Jacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1950. Source: U.S.G.S TopoView

1950 Mayport topographic map, FloridaMayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1950. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1964 Jacksonville topographic map, FloridaJacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1964 Jacksonville Beach topographic mapJacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1964 Mayport topographic map, FloridaMayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1977 Jacksonville topographic map, FloridaFlorida 1:50,000 Jacksonville by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: University of Florida Digital Collection

1977 Mayport topographic map, FloridaFlorida 1:50,000 Mayport by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: University of Florida Digital Collection.

1977 Jacksonville topographic map, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1988 Jacksonville regional map, FloridaJacksonville, Florida - Georgia, 1988. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1994 Jacksonville topographic map, Florida

Jacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1994 Jacksonville Beach topographic map

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

1994 Mayport topographic map, Florida

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

2012 Jacksonville topographic map, FloridaJacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

2012 Jacksonville Beach topographic mapJacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport topographic map, Duval County.

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville topographic map, Duval County.Jacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Beach topographic map, Florida.

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport topographic map, Duval County.

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView