Kentucky

Historical maps, prints, and photographic views of Kentucky.

Archival Category: State Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 7 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

  • MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND PART OF TENNESSEE.

    Cartographer / Artist: Unknown (American School)

    Date: c. 1835–1845

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.7 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed mid-19th-century regional map depicting the state of Kentucky along with the northern portion of Tennessee, highlighting early counties, towns, river systems, and topography.

  • TENNESSEE & KENTUCKY

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / G. W. Boynton

    Date: 1835

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.6 inches

    Location: Tennessee and Kentucky, United States

    Engraved by G. W. Boynton for T. G. Bradford's 1835 atlas, this detailed map depicts early county configurations, river networks, canals, and nascent rail lines across Kentucky and Tennessee.

  • Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson

    Date: 1865

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 14 x 22 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A vibrant mid-19th-century map by A.J. Johnson depicting county configurations, topography, river systems, and rail networks across Kentucky and Tennessee at the close of the American Civil War.

  • KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

    Cartographer / Artist: W. & A.K. Johnston / A. & C. Black

    Date: c. 1870

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.2 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed late 19th-century map depicting county divisions, rail lines, and topography across Kentucky and Tennessee, engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston for A. & C. Black's general atlas series.

  • KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

    Cartographer / Artist: Sidney E. Morse & Samuel Breese

    Date: 1845

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 16.5 x 12.5 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed mid-19th-century cerographic map of Kentucky and Tennessee showing county divisions, towns, transportation routes, rivers, and canals during a period of rapid regional development.

  • JOHNSON'S KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward

    Date: 1862

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 26.3 x 18.3 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed Civil War–era map of Kentucky and Tennessee highlighting county divisions with original hand coloring and vignettes of the State House in Nashville and the Entrance to Mammoth Cave.

  • Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward

    Date: 1862

    Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving

    Dimensions: 18.0 x 24.5 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A finely detailed Civil War-era map of Kentucky and Tennessee featuring Johnson & Ward's signature decorative fretwork border and three vignette engravings depicting the Nashville State House, Iron Works, and Mammoth Cave.