Historic Maps (Special Collections & University Archives)
Historic maps in SCUA
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the towns of Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Yarmouth, Barnstable County; Chilmark, Edgartown, Gay Head, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Dukes County ; Nantucket, Nantucket County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1907.
Note(s):
Pages lettered and numbered as “folios.”
One of 68 town boundary atlases produced by the Topographic Survey Commission (1898-1900) and the Harbor and Land Commission (1901-1915) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes a summary of the history of the establishment of the towns by legislative enactment; a list of statutes establishing or altering the boundaries; extracts from the statutes; descriptions and positions of triangulation stations; maps of the boundaries; and plans of the town corners.
Map scales (from bar graphs) ca. 1:79,200.
Subject(s):
Barnstable (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Brewster (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Chatham (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Dennis (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
Eastham (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
Falmouth (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Harwich (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Mashpee (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
Orleans (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Provincetown (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Wellfleet (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Chilmark (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Edgartown (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Gay Head (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Gosnold (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Oak Bluffs (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Tisbury (Mass. : Town) — History — Sources.
West Tisbury (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Nantucket (Mass.) — History — Sources.
Falmouth (Mass.) — History.
Mashpee (Mass. : Town) — History.
Orleans (Mass.) — History.
Provincetown (Mass.) — History.
Truro (Mass. : Town) — History.
Wellfleet (Mass.) — History.
Yarmouth (Mass.) — History.
Edgartown (Mass.) — History.

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