Historic Maps of Concord provide vital information on the evolution of this community and its land, networks and structures. In tracing the history of a building, the following maps are most frequently referenced: 1754, 1830, 1852, 1856, ca. 1871, 1875 (beers atlas), 1889 (walker atlas) and 1906. Late 19th- and early 20th-century Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps provide detailed footprints of buildings in downtown areas.  

1614 John Smith map

1634 William Woods map

1675 John Sellar map

1678 John Foster map

1754 Benjamin Brown Survey, Mass State Archives reproduced in recent survey of Barrett’s Mill Rd.

1775 J. DeCosta map 

1794 Ephraim Wood map 

1810-1820 Monument Square, Edward Jarvis, Concord Public Library

1820 Hales

1820 John H. Hales, Map of Boston and Vicinity from actual survey, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library

1830, John G. Hales, Massachusetts Archives (handwritten annotations)

1830, John G. Hales, Harvard Map Collection (as printed by Lemuel Shattuck)

1852, Henry Francis Walling, Harvard Map Collection

1856, Map of Middlesex County, Henry Francis Walling, Harvard Map Collection

1866 Boston and Environs, Henry Francis Walling, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library

1867 Lake. New York Public Library

Ca. 1871

1875 Beers. Middlesex County Atlas (via Historic Map Works)

Concord, Atlas: Middlesex County 1875, Massachusetts Historical Map (historicmapworks.com)

1875, Centennial Map of Concord, 1775-1875. H.W. Blaisdell, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library

1878

1887 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1889 Walker. Atlas (via Historic Map Works)

1891 Walker Atlas of Massachusetts plate 4, p 51(no details)

1892 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1893, Concord Junction, George E. Norris, Normal B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library

1897 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1903 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1906, George H. Walker. Atlas of Middlesex County, State Library of Massachusetts vol 2. Under image of atlas, click file under View/Open to download the file. Concord is mapped on plates 40, 42 and 43

1906 Herbert W. Gleason Thoreau_map.jpg (1499×1130) (concordlibrary.org)

1909 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1918 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

1927 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Concord Junction not available on line

1927-1947 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of West Concord not available on line

1946 Town of Concord, Mass. Album of Town Maps…prepared by the Concord Planning Board

Other Maps

1928 A Map of Concord, the Old Musketaquid Plantation, Helen Bodley