Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
About Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps produced from 1867 until 1999 to help fire insurance companies assess property risks in American cities and town. These maps depict building size, shape, construction materials, and use, and are now valuable historical resources for a wide range of research fields, including urban geography, architecture, and genealogy.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps at the Map Library
Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress (Atlases and Related Books Collection Call Number: Z6026.17 U45 1981) serves as a guide to all Sanborn Maps. It is divided into sections alphabetically by state. Some territories and Mexico are covered.
Sanborn Maps are available in these formats: physical maps, CD-Rom, online, and microfilm. To discover what towns and cities are represented on microfilm, please check out the indexes below.
- Maps of Mankato from 1908 (General Map Collection Call Number: G4144.M2G475 1908 .S3)
- CD-Rom of Minnesota Sanborn Maps prior to 1952 (Atlases and Related Books Collection Call Number: G4141.G475 2000 S26)
