Fresno County Sanborn Maps

Sanborn Maps:

For charting the block-by-block growth of Fresno County towns and cities, the Sanborn fire insurance maps display information found nowhere else. Utility lines, property dimensions, building specifications/modifications, and much other historically useful data are available on these maps. The Heritage Center has copies of three original Sanborn atlases for Fresno proper, and microfilm copies of atlas plates for Fresno and other county cities and towns.

The Heritage Center holds a partial microfilm set of Fresno County Sanborns found in the Library of Congress collection (1867-1970). The complete LOC listings for the county are given below, and those held by the Heritage Center are asterisked.

* Clovis: February 1904, February 1907, April 1912, June 1929, June 1929-June 1932.
* Coalinga: May 1905, April 1909, March 1910, June 1923, June 1923-October 1944.
  Del Rey: December 1917, September 1929.
  Firebaugh: June 1914, November 1929.
* Fowler: August 1891, September 1896, August 1907, May 1911, July 1914, July 1914-April 1942.
* Fresno: January 1885, July 1885, May 1888, 1898, 1906, 1918-1919, 1918-January 1948, 1918-March 1950.
* Kerman: May 1911, May 1911-May 1929.
* Kingsburg: May 1903, August 1907, March 1913, September 1929, September 1929-March 1943.
* Laton: March 1909, March 1909-September 1929.
  Mendota: June 1914, June 1914-May 1929.
* Parlier: February 1904, August 1907, March 1913, April 1919, August 1929, August 1929-June 1932.
  Pinedale: November 1924, November 1924-May 1929.
* Reedley: August 1891, April 1893, August 1898, January 1901, August 1907, May 1912, September 1926, September 1926-April 1941.
  Riverdale: July 1917, October 1929.
  San Joaquin: May 1929.
* Sanger: April 1891, May 1893, July 1898, August 1907, May 1916, May 1923, May 1923-January 1945.
* Selma: February 1888, April 1891, January 1901, August 1907, April 1913, April 1923, April 1923-April 1942.
  Tranquillity: June 1914, June 1914-May 1929.

Finally, some of the Fresno County Sanborns are available digitally through the Library of Congress and in full color, unlike the microfilm set. A list of those available to date is below: