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Here's how you can see all County Lines on Google Maps

QUICK LINK TO THE MAP TOOL: County Lines on Google Maps

Did you ever notice that Google Maps doesn't display all county boundaries?

Sure enough, try it...best you can do is to get one county's boundaries to draw at a time by searching for that county in Google Maps. Like this, where I searched for "Park County, CO":

Well, what if you want to see all of the county lines in Google Maps?

You can now, by using this free web page that I created: County Lines on Google Maps

UPDATE: In addition to the US, you can now also view county lines in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland and Mexico.

You'll see all the county borders for the state you're looking at, drawn on top of a fully functional Google Map! Feel free to share if you find it useful!
TIP: Enlarge the map to full screen by clicking that button in the upper right corner of the map!

Note: US coverage includes all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mar…

Big upgrade to the Section Township and Range tool: more detail, more flexibility, new labels

After the infrastructure upgrade I mentioned in the last post, the increased speed of the maps enabled me to add much more detail to the very very large map layers (over 12 Gigabytes!) that comprise the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), also known as Section, Township and Range.

When you open the tool, you will now be presented with a Google Map overlaid with township and range lines, including labels, such as this:

Note the Township and Range labels above. For example, the box where the red dot is has a label "14N 67W" which is shorthand for "Township 14 North, Range 67 West". (Note: If you get a message that says "Area not covered" when you open the tool, then you're looking in an area that doesn't use the PLSS)

As you zoom in, progressively more detail and labels will appear, such as the Section numbers shown here:

And if you zoom in REALLY close on one township, you will even see the quarter quarter sections and their labels. In this exam…

Create a custom County Lines map or ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Territory map on the fly -- overlaid on Google Maps

I've had requests from several people to add the capability to create links on their website that would open up the County Lines on Google Maps tool already focused on their region of interest.
Several have also wondered if there is a way to create a ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Territory map on the fly.

Now you can! Here's how it works:
Create a map zoomed to a State and show County Name labels To simply zoom to a state and optionally show county name labels and a map title, create a link such as this:

https://www.randymajors.com/p/countygmap.html?state=CT&labels=show
TIP: copy/paste the links below and customize to suit your needs

The parameters you can use are as follows:
state - expects a 2-character state code as used by the USPS, for example, ?state=CTonestate - optionally shows ONLY the counties in the state specified by the state parameter by using the word show, as in, &onestate=show (in other words, this will hide the county boundaries that are outsi…

Overlay present-day county lines on the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool

Based on an idea from a current user (thanks Steve!), there's now an option to overlay present-day county lines on top of historical county lines.

This gives you the ability to see at a glance if you're researching in an area and timeframe where the county lines have shifted between the historical date you're viewing and the present-day. To use this feature, just check the "Also show present-day county lines" checkbox in the lower left of the map on the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool.

When you check that box, you'll see thin red lines (present-day county lines) overlaid on top of the thicker brown lines (historical county lines). You'll also see the "Present-day County" name listed in small red text above the map (next to the latitude/longitude).

As an example, let's say we're researching the Nashville area as of 15 Jul 1830. (Type Nashville in the "Search places" box above the map and type 7/15/1830 in the &…

How to link to an HISTORICAL County Lines map for any Year and Geographic Area of Interest -- overlaid on Google Maps

NOTE: This article relates to HISTORICAL County Lines. Here are the instructions for linking to PRESENT-day County Lines.

If you have a website or blog and want to create a link to an HISTORICAL county lines map for ANY YEAR and ANY US STATE, this article is for you!

Using the instructions below, you can create a link to Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps for any historical year already zoomed into a particular State, and optionally display the labels showing the county names as of that historical year.

Here's how it works:

To create a map zoomed into a state for a given year, create a link such as this:
https://www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html?state=CT&year=1788

To create a map zoomed into a state for a given year, and show county name labels, create a link such as this:
https://www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html?state=OR&year=1865&labels=show
TIP: copy/paste the above links and customize to suit your needs

To explain the above example links, there are three words (c…

Show me ALL of the names!

You've always been able to search or click on the map and have information about the ONE spot where you clicked appear at the bottom of the map, like this:

"But wouldn't it be nice," many people have asked over the years, "to see ALL of the names of the counties on the map rather than just the one that I clicked?" Or something to that effect.

Now you can. Just go to the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool and check "Show labels..." checkbox in the lower left corner of the map, and your map will be pleasantly filled with the historical county names as of the date you typed, like this (click the image below to enlarge it):

This new functionality to add names has been added to the following tools: Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps, County Lines on Google Maps, ZIP Codes on Google Maps and Area Codes on Google Maps.
Here's an example of the labels on the County Lines on Google Maps tool:

Look out …

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Here's how you can see all County Lines on Google Maps

QUICK LINK TO THE MAP TOOL: County Lines on Google Maps

Did you ever notice that Google Maps doesn't display all county boundaries?

Sure enough, try it...best you can do is to get one county's boundaries to draw at a time by searching for that county in Google Maps. Like this, where I searched for "Park County, CO":

Well, what if you want to see all of the county lines in Google Maps?

You can now, by using this free web page that I created: County Lines on Google Maps

UPDATE: In addition to the US, you can now also view county lines in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland and Mexico.

You'll see all the county borders for the state you're looking at, drawn on top of a fully functional Google Map! Feel free to share if you find it useful!
TIP: Enlarge the map to full screen by clicking that button in the upper right corner of the map!

Note: US coverage includes all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mar…

Overlay present-day county lines on the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool

Based on an idea from a current user (thanks Steve!), there's now an option to overlay present-day county lines on top of historical county lines.

This gives you the ability to see at a glance if you're researching in an area and timeframe where the county lines have shifted between the historical date you're viewing and the present-day. To use this feature, just check the "Also show present-day county lines" checkbox in the lower left of the map on the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool.

When you check that box, you'll see thin red lines (present-day county lines) overlaid on top of the thicker brown lines (historical county lines). You'll also see the "Present-day County" name listed in small red text above the map (next to the latitude/longitude).

As an example, let's say we're researching the Nashville area as of 15 Jul 1830. (Type Nashville in the "Search places" box above the map and type 7/15/1830 in the &…

Now use your current location on all randymajors.com mapping tools!

This enhancement applies all of the mapping tools on this website:

County Lines on Google Maps
ZIP Codes on Google Maps
City Limits on Google Maps
Township Range on Google Maps
Location Explorer on Google Maps
Climate Info on Google Maps
Time Zones on Google Maps
Area Codes on Google Maps
Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps

On all of these randymajors.com mapping tools, you always had to start by typing in a city, address, place, etc.

Now with this latest enhancement, if you want to know more about your current location, you can just click the "⊕ Locate" buttons in the upper right corner of the map to immediately zoom to your current location.

Depending on which of the above tools you're using, once the map zooms in, the name of the current county, city, ZIP Code, or historical county will appear, along with all of the applicable boundaries.

How might this be useful?
- You want to find out "what county am I in?"
- You're on the road and standing on your ancestor…

Show me ALL of the names!

You've always been able to search or click on the map and have information about the ONE spot where you clicked appear at the bottom of the map, like this:

"But wouldn't it be nice," many people have asked over the years, "to see ALL of the names of the counties on the map rather than just the one that I clicked?" Or something to that effect.

Now you can. Just go to the Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool and check "Show labels..." checkbox in the lower left corner of the map, and your map will be pleasantly filled with the historical county names as of the date you typed, like this (click the image below to enlarge it):

This new functionality to add names has been added to the following tools: Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps, County Lines on Google Maps, ZIP Codes on Google Maps and Area Codes on Google Maps.
Here's an example of the labels on the County Lines on Google Maps tool:

Look out …

How to link to an HISTORICAL County Lines map for any Year and Geographic Area of Interest -- overlaid on Google Maps

NOTE: This article relates to HISTORICAL County Lines. Here are the instructions for linking to PRESENT-day County Lines.

If you have a website or blog and want to create a link to an HISTORICAL county lines map for ANY YEAR and ANY US STATE, this article is for you!

Using the instructions below, you can create a link to Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps for any historical year already zoomed into a particular State, and optionally display the labels showing the county names as of that historical year.

Here's how it works:

To create a map zoomed into a state for a given year, create a link such as this:
https://www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html?state=CT&year=1788

To create a map zoomed into a state for a given year, and show county name labels, create a link such as this:
https://www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html?state=OR&year=1865&labels=show
TIP: copy/paste the above links and customize to suit your needs

To explain the above example links, there are three words (c…

Create a custom County Lines map or ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Territory map on the fly -- overlaid on Google Maps

I've had requests from several people to add the capability to create links on their website that would open up the County Lines on Google Maps tool already focused on their region of interest.
Several have also wondered if there is a way to create a ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Territory map on the fly.

Now you can! Here's how it works:
Create a map zoomed to a State and show County Name labels To simply zoom to a state and optionally show county name labels and a map title, create a link such as this:

https://www.randymajors.com/p/countygmap.html?state=CT&labels=show
TIP: copy/paste the links below and customize to suit your needs

The parameters you can use are as follows:
state - expects a 2-character state code as used by the USPS, for example, ?state=CTonestate - optionally shows ONLY the counties in the state specified by the state parameter by using the word show, as in, &onestate=show (in other words, this will hide the county boundaries that are outsi…

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