Plainfield Library Map Collection

A Comprehensive Inventory Organized By Title


The map collection at the Plainfield Public Library includes 98 State maps beginning in 1874. There are 40 Plainfield maps. These include 19 flat maps and 21 framed walls maps. We also have Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps that exist in hard copy and microfilm from 1886 to 1956. The finding aid below is organized to give descriptive information about each map including title, date, topographer, geologist, and subject. Please contact the Local History Department for information on the access and use of these items.

Title Publisher/Printer/Corp Author Date Topographer Geologist Subject Notes
1 Amboy Sheet Geological Survey of NJ
1901
C.C. Vermeule John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ, Amboy
2 Atlas Sheet #27 [Hunterdon, Mercer, Burlington] Dept of  Conservation & Dev. State of NJ
1930 revised
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ, Counties
3 Plainfield Zoning Map
1986
Plainfield
4 Plainfield Area (folding map) CS Hammond & Co.
nd
Plainfield
5 The Plan: Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Plainfield N.J.
c.1970
Plainfield
6 Plainfield
nd
Plainfield large blueprint-style map
7 Plainfield Building Zone Map
1959, amended 1965
Plainfield
8 Plainfield and North Plainfield F.A. Dunham, Inc.
1941
Plainfield, North Plainfield
9 Plainfield and North Plainfield F.A. Dunham, Inc.
1953
Plainfield, North Plainfield
10 Union County Zip Codes
nd
Union County poorly laminated, unlabelled
11 Plainfield Map Including Bus Routes, Services and Points of Interest
nd
Plainfield
12 Map of Union County Roi C. Collins
1936
Union County
13 Plainfield Zoning Map
1980
14 Map of a Section of Plainfield to Sell Building Lots R. Graves
1869
promotional information on reverse
15 Bird's Eye View of Plainfield O.H. Bailey
1874
Plainfield, North Plainfield pieces missing
16 Plainfield Wards and Election Districts
1952
Plainfield mounted
17 Plainfield Zoning Map
1971
Plainfield
18 Plainfield Election Districts
1974
Plainfield
19 Geologic Atlas of New Jersey Rartian Folio Geological Survey of NJ
1914
W.S. Bayley, et al. Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ, Plainfield mostly text
20 Plainfield and North Plainfield (folding map)
1953
Plainfield, North Plainfield
21 Union County (folding map) CS Hammond & Co.
late 1990's?
Union County
22 Plainfield Cultural and Heritage Committee Map/Brochure
1986
Plainfield
23 Plainfield Wards 2 and 3 comp. By Jacob L. Bauer, County Engineer
c.1900
Plainfield data furnished by Fidelity Trust Co.
24 Watchung Reservation (folding map)+B57 Union County Parks Commission
1967
Union County
25 Plainfield Wards and Election Districts
1972
Plainfield mounted
26 Plainfield 1890 and North Plainfield H.H. Baker
1890
Plainfield, North Plainfield laminated
27 Supplement to New York Times
June 1, 1918
28 East Jersey (reproduction map)
"about 1750"
NJ Map No. II
29 Province of New Jersey (reproduction map)
"1778", 2nd ed.
NJ reproduction with attached notes
30 Middlebrook Encampment 1778-79 (reproduction map)
"1778-79"
NJ pencilled notes
31 Literary Map of New Jersey Literary Department, Moorstown Women's Club
1927
NJ
32 Road Map of New Jersey
1909
NJ folded, on canvas
33 General Highway Map, Somerset County
1962
Somerset County in 4 pieces
34 General Highway Map, Union County
1967
Union County in 2 pieces
35 New Jersey Geologic Survey
1888
NJ
36 Map of Howell Works, Monmouth Couty
"1853"
Monmouth County reproduction, with papers on the Deserted Village of Allaire
37 Topographical Map of New Jersey
1880's
C.C. Vermeule NJ 17 large mounted sheets; Plainfield included in Valley of the Passaic sheet, 1888
38 Bird's Eye View of Plainfield (reproduction map) O.H. Bailey
"1874"
Plainfield
39 Plainfield Wards 3 and 4 comp. By Jacob L. Bauer, County Engineer
c.1900
Plainfield data furnished by Fidelity Trust Co.
40 Plainfield Building Zone Map
1959
Plainfield ordinances printed on reverse
41 Model Neighborhoods and Districts
nd
Plainfield primarily West End
42 Union County (folding map) CS Hammond & Co.
c.1973
Union County
43 Plainfield (folding map)
1980
Plainfield
44 Plainfield Area (folding map) CS Hammond & Co.
c.1961
Plainfield date handwritten on map
45 Plainfield Map (photocopy)
1961
Plainfield
46 Plainfield Map (photocopy)
1982
Plainfield
47 Plainfield Wards and Election Districts
1959
Plainfield
48 Geological Survey, Plainfield Quadrangle
1955, photorevised 1981
Plainfield
49 Plainfield Area (folding map) G.W. Bromley and Co.
c.1960's
Plainfield, NJ torn at folds
50 Greater Plainfield Area (folding map) Sanborn Map Co.
1973
Plainfield
51 Map of Greater Plainfield
1989
Plainfield
52 Geologic Atlas of New Jersey: Philadelphia Folio
1909
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ, Pennsylvania
53 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Principal Iron Mines
1890
NJ
54 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Watersheds
1890
C.C. Vermeule NJ
55 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Zinc Mines of Sussex Mines
1867
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
56 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Ringwood Iron Mines
1864
George H. Cook, State Geologist Sussex County
57 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Oxford Furnace Iron Ore Veins Warren County
1867
George H. Cook, State Geologist Warren County
58 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Iron Mines in Morris County
1868
George H. Cook, State Geologist Morris County in 2 pieces
59 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Intra-Morainic Extra-Morainic Glacial Drift
1893
C.C. Vermeule Rollin D. Salisbury NJ
60 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Extinct Lake Passaic
1893
C.C. Vermeule Rollin D. Salisbury Lake Passaic
61 [Geological Srection of NJ/NY]
1868?
NJ, NY damaged
62 Geological Survey of New Jersey
1891
C.C. Vermeule NJ
63 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Portions of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties
1892
William Bullock Clark NJ
64 Geological Survey of New Jersey Survey: Plan for Improvement of Manasquan Inlet
1907
Lewis M. Haupt Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist Manasquan Inlet
65 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Distribution of White Limestone in Sussex County
1905
Sussex County
66 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Plan of the Proposed Passaic Lake
1905
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist Lake Passaic
67 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Peat Deposits of Nortthern New Jersey
1905
W.E. McCourt,  C.C. Vermeule NJ
68 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Flooded Lands in Passaic Valley
1903
NJ
69 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Green Pond Mountain Region in Morris and Passaic Counties
1901
Stuart Weller Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
70 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Surface Formations of the Valley of the Passaic
nd
Rollin D. Salisbury NJ
71 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Progress Map of the State if New Jersey
1880
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
72 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey [Geological Survey of Section of NJ including Plainfield]
c.1867
NJ
73 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Direction of Ice Movement of Northern New Jersey
nd
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
74 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Glacial Drift of New Jersey
1902
Rollin D. Salisbury NJ
75 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Topogrpahy South of Newton
1902
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
76 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Principal Clay Bearing Formations
1903
G.N. Knapp, et al NJ
77 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Clay Pits and Clay Manufacturers
1904
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
78 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Clay Formations of Northern Middlesex Coutny
1904
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist Middlesex County
79 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Clay Formations Near Keyport and Matawan
1903
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
80 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Distribution of the Alloway Clay
1904
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ Kummel's name is handwritten
81 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, North West Sheet
1900
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
82 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, North Central Sheet
nd
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
83 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, Northeast Sheet
nd
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
84 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, Southwest Sheet
nd
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
85 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, South Central Sheet
nd
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
86 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forests of Northern New Jersey, Southeast Sheet
nd
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
87 Geological Survey Maps of New Jersey: Forest Area and Its Relation to the Principal Watersheds
1900
John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
88 Atlas Sheet #27 [Hunterdon, Mercer, Burlington Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1930 revision
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
89 Atlas Sheet #26 [Passaic, Essex, Union, Middlesex Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1932 ed.
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
90 Atlas Sheet #25 [New Brunswick to Rockaway] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1933
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
91 Atlas Sheet #23 [Passaic and Bergen Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1924
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
92 Atlas Sheet #24 [Warren and Hunterdon Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1930
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
93 Atlas Sheet #35 [Cumberland, Salem, Atlantic, Cape May Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1930
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
94 Atlas Sheet #32 [Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1929
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
95 Atlas Sheet #33 [Ocean County] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1929
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
96 Atlas Sheet #22 [Sussex, Passaic, Morris Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1928
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
97 Atlas Sheet #28 [Merceer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1929
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
98 Atlas Sheet #31 [Burlington, Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Atlantic Counties] Department of Conservation and Development. State of New Jersey
1931
Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
99 Geological Survey of New Jersey: New Jersey Relief Map
1888
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
100 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Azoic and Paleozoic Formations, Iron-Ore and Limestone Districts
1868
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
101 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Geological Map of New Jersey
1882
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
102 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Triassic Formation
nd
George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ 1868 handwritten; badly damaged
103 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Atlas Sheet #22 [Morris and Sussex Counties]  
1903
C.C. Vermeule Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
104 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Atlas Sheet #36 [Great Egg Harbor]  
1907
C.C. Vermeule Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
105 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Atlas Sheet #38 [Map of State Municipalities]  
1905
C.C. Vermeule Henry B. Kummel, State Geologist NJ
106 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Map of New Jersey [Watersheds]
1892
C.C. Vermeule John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ
107 Geological Survey of New Jersey: The State of New Jersey
1888
C.C. Vermeule George H. Cook, State Geologist NJ
108 Geological Survey of New Jersey: Relief Map of New Jersey
1896
C.C. Vermeule John C. Smock, State Geologist NJ in 3 sheets, handwritten 32,33,34
109 Plainfield Map (reproduction map)
"1882"
Plainfield in 4 sheets; identifies property owners
110 Plainfield, New Jersey designed and illustrted by Carlos Saenz
1989
Plainfield
111 Map of the Greater Plainfield Area (folding map)+B2 G.W. Bromley and Co.
1965
Plainfield
112 Map of Plainfield and North Plainfield (folding map) Spencer Graphioc Services, Inc.
1952
Plainfield, North Plainfield
113 Flood Insurance Study, City of Plainfield FEMA
1983
Plainfield includes maps: Floodway: Flood Boundary and Floodway Map in 3 panels with map index
114 Master Plan: City of Plainfield, Land Use Elements
nd
Plainfield in 8 sections
115 City of Plainfield [page removed from atlas]
1872
Plainfield Beers 1872 handwritten; identifies churches and cemeteries
116 The Historic Plainfield Area
nd
Plainfield [? typed on back]
117 Map of Plainfield (reproduction map) Whitlock's, New Haven CT
"1862"
Ernest L. Moyer, City Surveyor of Elizaneth Plainfield
118 Bird's Eye View of Plainfield (reproduction map) O.H. Bailey
"1874"
Plainfield
119 Battlegrounds of the Revolution
nd
Cornelius C. Vermeule NJ framed
120 Rail Trails and Rail Corridors in New Jersey Somerset Graphics
2003
NJ
121 Farmingdale Quadrangle U.S. Geological Survey
1995
NJ
122 Chatsworth Quadrangle
1995
NJ
123 Tom's River Quadrangle
1995
NJ
124 Asbury Park Quadrangle
1995
NJ
125 Bushkill (PA) Quadrangle
1999
NJ, PA
126 Chatham Quadrangle
1995
NJ includes Plainfield
127 Boonton Quadrangle
1995
NJ
128 Stanhoper Quadrangle
1995
NJ
129 Rocky Hill Quadrangle
1995
NJ
130 Dover Quadrangle
1995
NJ
131 South Amboy Quadrangle
1995
NJ
132 May's Landing Quadrangle
1995
NJ
133 Oceanville Quadrangle
1995
NJ
134 Easton (PA) Quadrangle
1999
NJ
135 Lakewood Quadrangle
1995
NJ
136 Tom's River Quadrangle
1995
NJ
137 Port Jervis South (NY-NJ-PA)
1995
NJ, PA, NY
138 Perth Amboy Quadrangle
1995
NJ
139 Princeton Quadrangle
1995
NJ
140 Indian Mills Quadrangle
1995
NJ
141 Runnemede Quadrangle
1995
NJ
142 Taylor's Bridge (DE-NJ) Quadrangle
1999
NJ, DE
143 Trenton East Quadrangle
1995
NJ
144 Beverly Quadrangle
1995
NJ
145 Hightstown Quadrangle
1995
NJ
146 Wanaque Quadrangle
1995
NJ
147 Keyport Quadrangle
1995
NJ
148 Marcus Hook (PA-NJ-DE) Quadrangle
1995
NJ, PA, DE
149 New Brunswick Quadrangle
1995
NJ
150 Cape Henlopen Quadrangle
1997
NJ
151 Riegelsville (PA-NJ) Quadrangle
1997
NJ, PA
152 Yonkers (NY-NJ) Quadrangle
1998
NJ, NY
153 Plainfield Quadrangle U.S. Department of the Interior
1970
Plainfield
154 The Province of New Jersey Divided into East and West (reproduction map 1778) New Jersey Historical Society
1962, 2nd ed
NJ
155 S Romance Map of New Jersey drawn by Mildred C. Green
1935, renewed 1963
NJ

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