Off topic: Catch my wife Laura on JEOPARDY! tonight

Tune in to JEOPARDY! tonight to catch my wife Laura displaying her trivia prowess 😎

(I'm so lucky to have such an adorable smart wife 😍 )

Laura Majors on JEOPARDY!

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

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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

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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…