Relief shown by hachures.; "Forwarded to Chief of Engineers U.S.A. with report of November 28th 1896 [signature indecipherable] Major of Engineers U.S.A.; In lower right margin: H DOC 77 542; Indicates proposed routes for canal.

Corps of Engineers (publisher)

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. (creator)

1896

Color coded to show holdings of various coal and iron companies.; Shows railroads, roads, county lines, coal outcrops, iron ore mines, coal mines and furnaces.; Shows properties of selected coal and iron companies.; Extends into surrounding counties.

Turner, H. A. (creator)

1892

North oriented toward upper right corner.; Library's copy has a portion of map bordered with red marker.; Summit of Shades Mountain indicated by dashed line.

Robert L. Totten, Inc (publisher)

Robert L. Totten, Inc. (creator)

1927

Date taken from acquisition record.

Meade & Huey, Engineers (creator)

Fairfield Land Company. (contributor)

1922

Robert L. Totten, Inc (publisher)

Robert L. Totten. Inc. (creator)

1929

This map is housed in the Southern History research room.; Date estimated by the showing of Vulcan Park, which was established in 1939, although many features of the map have not been updated to that date.; Verso: Index of street names for cities in Birmingham area, and listing of street name changes in Fairfield and Tarrant City.

Bethel W. Whitson Co. Inc.. (creator)

194u.

Blue line.; Shades Cliff Land Company was incorporated in 1909, after which land had to be acquired, surveyed, etc. Bethel W. Whitson is first listed as a draftsman in the 1912 city directory. The map's date is estimated at 1912.; Shows streets, lot numbers, and lots sold.; Inset shows "exact location Shades Cliff Addn." within larger Birmingham area map.

Whitson, Bethel W. (creator)

1912

Copyright 1887 by Riccio, Sloan & Vedeter.; Lists companies producing iron ore, pig metal, coal and coke.; Photocopy.

Riccio, Sloan & Vedeter. (creator)

1887

Modified polyconic projection.; Index map. Legend shows symbols use on map.

Alabama State Highway Dept (publisher)

Alabama. State Highway Dept. (creator)

United States. Bureau of Public Roads. (contributor)

1938

Date for map's contents can be estimated by the incorporated areas shown. The area that would incorporate as Wylam in 1890 is shown as an unnamed community. The cities that would be annexed into Birmingham in 1910 are shown as separate entities.; Relief not shown.; Shows section numbers and land divisions by grid. Locates churches and schools, with names of some communities and some landowners.

s.n (publisher)

Chambers, G. W. (creator)

1889

Relief shown by hachures.; Shows section numbers and land divisions by grid.; Locates many geographical features, mines, furnaces, railroads, etc.; Text, apparently manuscript, provides information on tax rates, county budget, industrial production, etc.

s.n.] (publisher)

Miller, John A. (creator)

1897

In paper covers 24 x 13 cm.; Date derived from census figures given on the map.; Legend locates: schools white, schools colored, post offices, localities, highways, paved roads, macadam or gravel roads, township and range lines, county precinct boundaries, railroads, streams, county boundaries, city and village boundaries, assessment boundary and arbitrary lines between Jefferson and other counties.; Tables report: Jefferson County Precincts With Population -- Distances From Birmingham To All Principal Cities In U.S. -- Index With Population. Post Offices Marked.

Faulkner Novelty Co (publisher)

Faulkner Novelty Co. (creator)

1930

Modified polyconic projection.; Index map. Legend shows symbols use on map.

Alabama State Highway Dept (publisher)

Alabama. State Highway Department. (creator)

Alabama. Bureau of Urban Planning.; United States. Bureau of Public Roads. (contributor)

1938

Date taken from acquisition record.; Map surrounded by ads.

Western States Publishing Co (publisher)

Western States Publishing Co. (creator)

1945

Revised March, 1947.; Shows section numbers and land divisions by grid.; Legends show road paving conditions, and judicial division line between Birmingham and Bessemer.

Bethel W. Whitson Organization (publisher)

Bethel W. Whitson Organization. (creator)

1947

January 1922; revised January 1924; Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C.J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County Board of Revenue (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J. (contributor)

1924

Includes index and business directory.; Hand colored to show "Proposed new Corporate Limits of Birmingham" and "Corporate limits of Greater Birmingham".; Hand colored to show holdings and mineral rights of major industrial companies.

George B. Kelley (publisher)

Kelley, George B. (creator)

©1904

Original cover attached.; Cover gives statistical information regarding Birmingham's growth, business, etc.; Relief shown by hachures.

Kelley Company Engineers (publisher)

Kelley Co. Engineers. (creator)

1911

Includes city information, telephone numbers, and list of Chamber of Commerce members.; Community information, street index, list of historical sites, and advertisements on verso.

Carto-Craft Maps (publisher)

Lang, Kurt, 1924- (creator)

Carto-Craft Maps Inc. (contributor)

©1988

State Highway System corrected to January 1,1944; Index map. Legend shows symbols used on map. Directional arrow shows North.; Notes locate railroads, industries, churches, schools, road conditions, etc.; State highway system corrected to January 1, 1944.

1942, 1944. (publisher)

Alabama. State Highway Department. (creator)

United States. Public Roads Administration. (contributor)

1942, 1944.

January 1927; revised to Jan. 1952.; Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads - County Property - Government Property.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C.J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County Commission (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J. (contributor)

1952

January 1927; revised to Jan. 1953.; Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads - County Property - Government Property.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C.J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County Commission (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J. (contributor)

1953

January 1927; revised to Jan. 1956.; Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads - County Property - Government Property.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C.J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J. (contributor)

1956

North oriented to upper right.; Panel title on verso printed in color.; Shows highways, streets, proposed streets, churches, schools, lakes, creeks, bridges, shopping centers and points of elevation.; Shows "Hoover Development".; Relief shown by spot heights.; "Index to Shades Mountain streets, roads and geographic terms."

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

1958

Verso: Program for annual meeting of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, December 11, 1958.; All routes are preliminary. None of the roads are under construction..; Shows: State Highways, State Highways (Divided), County Highways, and Proposed Interstate Highways.

Birmingham, Ala. Chamber of Commerce. (creator)

Birmingham, Ala. Chamber of Commerce. (contributor)

1958

Copyright by E.Grieg, May 1889.; Grieg's office was located in Birmingham; Relief shown by hachures.; Shows railroads, roads, county lines, coal outcrops, iron ore mines, coal mines and furnaces.; Shows properties of selected coal and iron companies.; Extends into surrounding counties.; Shows section numbers and land divisions by grid.

Grieg, Edward (creator)

1889

Keyed to Bureau's publication references, the latest is dated 1938.; Shows county boundaries, towns, coal fields, mines, and roads.; Keyed to show types of tests made at various mines.

U.S. Bureau of Mines (publisher)

United States. Bureau of Mines. (creator)

1938

Index map. Legend shows symbols used on map. Directional arrow shows North.

Alabama State Highway Dept (publisher)

Alabama. State Highway Department. (creator)

United States. Bureau of Public Roads. (contributor)

1937

Revised January 1964.; Shows section numbers and land divisions by grid.; Shows towns, creeks, schools, mines, railroads, and roads.; Legend Identifies township lines, range lines, political divisions, and road types.

Bethel W. Whitson Co. Inc. (creator)

Whitson, Bethel W. (contributor)

1964

Second edition.; Date based on acquisition record.; North oriented to upper right.; Panel title on verso printed in color.; Shows highways, streets, proposed streets, churches, schools, lakes, creeks, bridges, shopping centers and points of elevation.; Shows "Hoover Development".; Relief shown by spot heights.; "Index to Shades Mountain streets, roads and geographic terms."; Text at bottom of page: "Jefferson County Past and Present" by Ethel M. Gorman.

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

1961

In top margin: "Population 326,037, Metropolitan Population 555,800, Jefferson County 558,928"; Date taken from text on verso citing 1950 census.; Includes Birmingham and adjacent areas.; Inset: Downtown Birmingham. Scale not given.; On verso: Street index -- general information -- Mileage table ... from Birmingham.; In lower right corner: W S Parks.

Western Map Co. (Memphis, Tenn.) (creator)

1950

Indexes, "Road map of Jefferson County Alabama" and "Downtown business location map of Birmingham, Alabama " on verso.; Shows school locations.; Date taken from acquisition record.

Frank B. Dolph Company. (creator)

1967

Ill. and index on verso.; Ads at top and bottom of map.; North oriented toward upper right.

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

Carto-Craft Map Co. (contributor)

1964

July, 1916..; Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Inset: Road Map of Alabama.; Compiled under the direction of George H. Clark, Highway Engineer.; Chartography [sic] by Land Department Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company F. M. Joy, Chief Engineer.

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Clark, George H.; Joy, F. M.; Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company.; United States Steel Company. Tennessee Coal and Iron Division. (contributor)

1916.; [date not given]

Published for Tarrant Chamber of Commerce; Verso: Street index of Tarrant and map of Jefferson County.

Lang, Kurt (creator)

Carto-Craft Corp.; Tarrant Chamber of Commerce. (contributor)

1987

Relief shown by shading.; Includes "Township showing sections in their typical location."; Includes index.; Includes text on verso : "Jefferson County, past and present," [by] Ethel M. Gorman.; Shows "White" and "Negro" schools.

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

1960

Index of places and schools.; Legend shows roads, railroads, political boundaries, churches, monuments, and fish camps.

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

Carto-Craft Map Co. (contributor)

1975

Printed date "MXMLXXXVIII" is a typographical error. It is assumed that the intended date was "1988".; Ads and index on verso.; Ads at left of map.; 2 insets.

Lang, Kurt. (creator)

Lang, Ralph K.; Carto-Craft Map Co. (contributor)

1988

Concentric circles around Birmingham, at 5 mile intervals.; On library copy, a typed color code provides information on paving conditions and mileage.; Compiled under the direction of S. R. Batson, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Batson, S. R. (contributor)

1919

Key to land owners.; Date taken from acquisition record.

Turner, H.A. (creator)

[1920?]

Extends beyond Birmingham's corporate limits.; Indicates coal seams and iron ore outcroppings.; Shows all railroads in the district.

Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. (creator)

United States Steel Company. Tennessee Coal and Iron Division. (contributor)

1908

Shows streets, schools, city limits, and adjoining municipalities.; Includes col. ill.; Map of Jefferson County with location map, map of Birmingham business section, indexes, text, and ill. on verso.; "Compliments of Jemison Realty Company Inc."--Verso.

Ashburn, J. Foster (John Foster) (creator)

1957

Date estimated by comparing Whitson's address to city directory.; Shows railroads, street railroads, streets, political divisions, section lines and numbers, streams and canals.

Bethel W. Whitson Co. Inc.. (creator)

1946

Electronic resource.; Library does not hold physical map.; Prime meridians: Paris and Greenwich.; Relief shown by hachures.; Extends beyond corporate boundaries.; Shows surrounding town, industrial facilities, railroads, etc.; Below map: :"dapres les gēographes du Transcontinental Survey" and "C Perron".

Perron, Charles Eugène, 1837-1909. (creator)

Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905. (contributor)

1892

Relief shown by hachures.; Date based on acquisition record.; Shows surrounding municipalities, which were annexed into Birmingham in 1910.; Verso: Map of Charleston.; Page 111 from an unidentified atlas.

1893

Probably produced by, or for, Jemison Realty Company.; North oriented toward upper right.

Jemison Realty Company. (contributor)

1943

Date taken from year Company began selling properties.; Shows lot numbers, streets, streetcar lines, etc.; North oriented to the left.

Fairfield Land Company. (creator)

Fairfield Land Company. (contributor)

[1910]

Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads.; Added information regarding land ownership of Newcastle Coal Co., and G. B. McCormack Estate.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C. J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County Board of Revenue (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J. (contributor)

1927

Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads.; Map notarized as being true and correct.; Compiled under the direction of C. J. Rogers, Highway Engineer.

Jefferson County Commission (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

Rogers, C. J.. (contributor)

1927, rev. 1931

Map shows sections, townships, and ranges.; Shows Paved Roads -- Metalled, Macadam or Gravelled Roads -- Graded Dirt, Top Soil, etc. Roads -- Dragged Ordinary Roads -- Private Roads -- County Property.; Map notarized as being true and correct.

Jefferson County Commission (publisher)

Jefferson County (Ala.). County Commission. (creator)

1927, rev. 1938