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Title: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 1858 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2009-09
  • Coverage: 1858

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Hillsboro Co., New Hampshire, from actual surveys by J. Chace, Jr. It was published by Smith, Mason & Co. in 1858. Scale [ca. 1:53,000]. This layer is image 1 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane coordinate system (NAD 1983 in Feet) (Fipszone 2800). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town and school district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances, agricultural goods, religious affiliations, business directory, statistics of education and other information, and a list of county officers.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Subjects

  • Transportation
  • New Hampshire
  • Hillsborough County
  • Antrim
  • Bedford
  • Bennington
  • Deering
  • Francestown
  • Goffstown
  • Greenfield
  • Hancock
  • Hillsborough
  • Lyndeborough
  • Manchester
  • New Boston
  • Weare
  • Windsor
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Landforms
  • Bodies of water
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Real property
  • Landowners
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-72.18621, -71.447147, 43.345268, 42.943332)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-72.18621, -71.447147, 43.345268, 42.943332)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Chace, J., Custer, E., delineator., Smith, Mason & Co. Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 1858 (Image 1 of 4) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3743-h4-1858-c5-sh1

Format

GeoTIFF