Research Catalog

Title

Colton's New Jersey.

Author

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.

Publication

New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1874.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map : hand colored; 56 x 40 cm, folded in cover 15 x 10 cm

Alternative Title

• Colton's township map of the state of New Jersey
• Township map of the state of New Jersey
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US126.3.02

Subjects

• New Jersey
• Maps
• New Jersey > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• New Jersey > Maps
• State maps > New Jersey > 1874
• Maps > New Jersey > 1874

Genre/Form

• Maps – New Jersey – 1874.
• State maps – New Jersey – 1874.
• Maps.

Note

• Shows county, city, and township boundaries, roads, railroads, and notable physical features.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 ... for the Eastern District of New York."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5623

OCLC

606815019

Author

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.

Title

Colton's New Jersey.

Imprint

New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1874.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:475,200. 7 1/2 miles to an inch (W 75°40ʹ--W 73°40ʹ/N 41°20ʹ--N 39°00ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 837, column 1, no. 1

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy filed flat with cover.

Source

US126.3.02

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Cover Title

Colton's township map of the state of New Jersey

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5623