Historic Maps of Andover, Massachusetts and Essex County
Andover Room Map Collection
The Andover Room has a significant collection of single-sheet historical maps depicting Andover, neighboring Merrimack Valley towns and Essex County dating from the seventeenth century through current times. The collection includes a variety of types of maps including political, zoning, insurance and topographical maps. Researchers interested in understanding the history of geography, the built environment, political districting, open space and other aspects of the history of the Town of Andover will find many useful resources in the library's map collection. At this time, Memorial Hall Library's Andover Room Map Collection is neither catalogued nor digitized. A finding aid for access to the library's map collection is linked here. Researchers may request to use a map from the Andover Room collections in house by inquiring at the Reference Desk.
File:Andover Room Maps Finding Aid Revised 10 2023.pdf
Access to Digitized Andover History Maps in Other Archives and Libraries
Digital map collections in other libraries and archives collect, catalog and host high-resolution digital images of historical maps of the Town of Andover. The Boston Public Library's Norman B. Levanthal Map & Education Center and The Library of Congress Map Division are two institutions that have committed significant resources to collecting and preserving maps that will be useful to Andover-area researchers. In many cases, these maps are available for download and printing in high-resolution TIFF and JPEG format. Unless otherwise noted, these maps are in the public domain and have no restriction on use. In some cases, maps are not available for download or reproduction, in which case researchers must seek permission from the holding institutions for use. Researchers should, as a matter of courtesy and standard practice, fully and explicitly attribute credit to the holding institution of any maps. In cases where materials will appear in print, film or video broadcast, researchers should notify holding institutions of their use.
Digitized Historical Maps of Andover in Other Library and Archival Collections