Research Guides: Maps: Dallas & Texas Maps

Dallas Area Maps

City of Dallas - Historic Districts and Structures
Dallas landmarks and historic districts
City of Dallas - Maps
City Council Districts, Texas House Districts, 2000 Census Tract ID + more.
City-data.com
Detailed demographics - population size, density, income, housing, and more.
Dallas Historical Society
View the Dallas Historical Society photographic collections online.
Dallas Public Library Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division
Maps, county records, city directories and more.

Handbook of Texas Online This link opens in a new window
Handbook of Texas Online for additional textual references.

Portal to Texas History
Search the digital collections for historical maps of Dallas and Dallas County.
SMU Libraries Digital Collections - Aerial Views of Dallas
Historic Dallas aerial maps (various dates)
Dallas Travel Guide Maps
Access maps of downtown, the arts district, restaurant and parking locations, as well as the Dallas Convention Center interactive floor plan.

Texas Map Collections

Digital Sanborn Maps (Texas)
These detailed maps were created by an insurance company and contain detailed information about Texan cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can see what kinds of buildings were at what address, and often the name of a resident or business.
Perry Castaneda Map Library
The University of Texas's Perry Castaneda Map Library offers digitized versions of more than 44,000 map images (out of 250,000 maps in the printed collection). Images include historical, thematic & topographic maps of the world, continents, countries and states.
Texas Digital Map Library
Features state and county maps. Part of the USGenWeb Archives Project, a volunteer-run project aimed at geneaologists.

Related Guides

Texas History

Aerial Maps

DFW aerial photography is for sale from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and USGS, Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images. The Edwin J. Foscue Map Library at Southern Methodist University also has a selection of Historic Dallas Aerial Photographs.