Maps
The Heritage Center maintains a collection of maps which show Fresno County and its towns throughout various stages of their respective evolutions. Of prime importance are:
- Official Historical Atlas of Fresno County (Thomas H. Thompson,1891)
- Atlas of Fresno County (William H. Harvey,1907)
- Atlas of Fresno County (W.C. Guard, 1909, 1911, 1913)
- Progressive Atlas of Fresno County (circa 1920, 1935)
- Real Estate Atlas of Fresno County, California (1966-1981)
- California Agri-Land, Fresno County (various years, 1978-2007)
There is also a uncatalogued collection of specialty maps which features the entire county, its towns, and some of the USGS quadrangles which include county portions.
Local Fresno County map sources:
- Digital Fresno County Property Atlases (1891-1920)
- City of Fresno GIS Mapping (Interactive)
A separate viewer has aerial photos from 1992-2015 (2002 coverage goes past Clovis Ave.). - County of Fresno map resources include:
- Fresno State's Henry Madden Library map collection
includes MALT: Map & Aerial Locator Tool Indexes which displays digitized aerial photos including Fresno County flights from 1937-1999. It also indexes photos from the collections from Cal Poly SLO and Cal State Bakersfield libraries. - Fresno County Sanborn Maps (detailed city and town maps for different years)
Outside map sources including Fresno County:
- David Rumsey Map Collection:
Contains a number of Fresno County-oriented maps, all searchable and viewable online. - USGS Topographic Map Explorer
A repository of the Survey's current and historic topographic maps. - USGS Geographic Name Information Server
The most extensive index available for county place names and geographical features. Likewise useful are David Durham's California's GeographicNames (1998) and Erwin G. Gudde's California Place Names (fourth ed., revised by William Bright, 1998). - Library of Congress Map Collections
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: From the University of Texas. Many interesting images and helpful links.
