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| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin counties by color and shows railroads, common roads, canals, the state capital, county towns, townships, villages, and post offices, |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Map of the whole state Wisconsin includes an inset of the vicinity of Milwaukee, which shows the boundaries for Lisbon, Menomonee, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Wa... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | This map shows portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wisconsin coun... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Map of Wisconsin, showing railway routes throughout the state as well as the names of the counties, townships, and cities in the state. The inset of the ma... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Drawn three years before Minnesota entered statehood, this map shows Minnesota Territory and the western part of Wisconsin. The map shows county lines, riv... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | This map shows counties, cities, rivers, canals, lakes, railroads, common roads, county towns, townships, villages, and post offices. The map includes part... |
| Date: | 10 21 1855 |
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| Description: | Map of the Wisconsin and the Minnesota Territory showing the status of township surveys in Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. The Wisconsin reservation... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin, showing the county boundaries, towns, cities, railroads, roads, lakes, rivers, bays, and the Lake Superior’s islands. In ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map shows the entire state of Wisconsin with counties, cities and rivers. It includes an inset of the layout of the streets of Milwaukee and a chart w... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | This detailed map was drawn nearly a decade after Wisconsin entered statehood. It depicts the entire state, northern Illinois and part of the upper peninsu... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map shows the state of Wisconsin in 1856. Counties in existence at the time and the division of townships, railroads, both existing and proposed, and ... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | This map of the southeastern United States shows cities and towns, rail lines, and geographic features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and swamps. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | This colored map of the southern and eastern states shows locations of battles and skirmishes from 1861 through May 1864 with red dots or red underlining o... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | A general map of eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, and northern North Carolina. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map showing the counties, major cities, ports, railroads, rivers and lakes in Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois, and eastern Minnesota.... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | A geological map of Wisconsin that shows the locations of different rock deposits such as limestone, sandstone, shale, plutonic and the Penokee Iron Range.... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin and parts of Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. It shows cities and towns, drainage, administrative boundaries and the railroad network with... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | This map shows county boundaries, outlined in red. Each county's population is handwritten in the margins. The map also includes towns, rivers and lakes. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | This map shows the population density per square mile in the entire state, showing southeastern and southern Wisconsin had the greatest population density ... |
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