New York State State Engineer and Surveyor Survey Maps of Lands in New York State

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands. The Surveyor General and his successor State Engineer and Surveyor produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. A number of the maps are of townships in the State's military tract.
Title
Survey maps of lands in New York State
Quantity
72.3 cubic feet; approximately 1200 maps; 1012 aperture cards 35m
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
A0273
Creator
Arrangement

Numerical by map number.

Scope and Content Note

These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands. The Surveyor General and his successor State Engineer and Surveyor produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. A number of the maps are of townships in the State's military tract.

The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, or Indian reservation surveyed; lot boundaries and dimensions; lot numbers; names of landholders (sometimes); waterways; the number of acres in area surveyed (sometimes); and on some town maps, names of streets. Many of these maps were previously on rollers; others were in portfolios.

Alternate Formats Available

Microform (aperture cards) is available for selected maps at the New York State Archives.

The majority of the maps in this series have been digitized and are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

A4011Series A4011, Survey Maps of Lands in New York and Vermont ("State Hall Maps"), contains similar maps

B1845Series B1845, Card index to survey maps of lands in New York State, indexes this series.

Other Finding Aids

Item list, including maps located at the New York State Department of Transportation, is available.

A list of some of these maps is published in David E. E. Mix, Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Offices of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller, and the New York State Library (Albany, 1859).

A complete list of maps in the series is published in Catalog of Maps and Field Books in the Land Bureau of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor New York State (Albany, 1920), pp. 3-35.

The New York State Library holds an annotated copy of the 1920 Catalog showing which maps were transferred to the Library and later to the Archives.

Processing Information

The "Map of 'Philipstown' Yorktown West, 8 1/2 mi." was removed from the series for exhibit purposes and subsequently stored separately.

Custodial History

Collation date 1753-1856.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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