Map No. 4. United States (1853)

Description

Detailed single page historical steel engraved map of the Southern Mid Atlantic States published in 1853. This map depicts North Carolina, Virginia (Virginia and West Virginia), Maryland as well as the District of Columbia, and Delaware, and parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The map shows several geographic details on cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and islands. Along the bottom edge is written: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by Daniel Burgess & Co in the Clerks office of the Southern District of New York.

States appearing on the Map: North Carolina, Virginia (Virginia and West Virginia), Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania as well as the District of Columbia.

Cities appearing on the Map:

North Carolina: Smithville (Name changed to Southport in 1887), Beaufort, Kenansville, Onslow C. H. (?), S. Washington (Ghost Town), Wilmington, Whitesville (Whiteville), Elizabeth (Elizabethtown), Lumberton, Rockingham, Wadesboro, Columbia, Plymouth, Williamston, Washington, Newbern (New Bern), Trenton, Kingston (Kinston), Goldsboro, Snow Hill, Greenville, Tarboro, Nashville, Windsor, Clinton, Fayetteville, Smithfield, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Carthage, Lawrenceville (Ghost Town soon after 1842), Pittsboro, Ashboro, Monroe, Albemarle, Concord, Charlotte, Dallas, Lincolnton, Salisbury, Statesville, Lexington, Mocksville, Lenoir, Morgantown (Morganton), Shelby, Rutherfordton, Burnsville, Hendersonville, Ashville (Asheville), Waynesville, Franklin, Murphy, Eliz. City (Elizabeth City), Hertford, Gatesville, Edenton, Winton, Jackson, Halifax, Gaston, Louisburg, Oxford, Warrentown (Warrenton), Roxboro, Hillsboro (Hillsborough), Greensboro, Yanceyville, Wentworth, Salem, Wilkesboro, Germanton, Rockford, and Jefferson.

South Carolina: Marion, Cheraw, Camden, Columbia, Yorkville (Name changed to York in 1915), Laurensville (Name changed to Laurens in 1873), Greenville, Abbeville, and Anderson.

Tennessee: Knoxville.

Virginia (Virginia and West Virginia):

Virginia: Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Jerusalem (Name changed to Courtland in 1888), Hicksford (Merged in 1887 with Belfield and the name was changed to Emporia), Lawrenceville, Boydton Banister, Lewiston (Name changed to Lunenburg), Matinsville, Chatham, Rocky Mount, Taylorsville (Name changed to Stuart in 1884), Greenville (?), Hillsville, Jacksonville (Name was changed to Floyd in 1896), Wytheville, Marion, Abingdon, Lebanon, Estillville (Name changed to Gate City in 1890), Jonesville, Eastville, Drummond (Name changed to Accomac in 1893), Hampton, Williamsburg, York T. (Yorktown), Rappahannock (Tappahannock?), Heathsville, Petersburg, Richmond, Scotts V. (Name changed to Powhatan), Henderson V. (Hendersonville), Marys V. (Name changed to Charlotte Court House), Maysville (Name changed to Buckingham), Palmyra, Monticello, Lovington (Lovingston), Lynchburg, Liberty (Name changed to Bedford in 1890), Fincastle, Lexington, Covington, Christiansburg, Salem, Newbern, Parisburg (Pearisburg), Jeffersonville (Name changed to Tazewell), Bowling Green, Fredericksburg, Brentsville, Warrenton, Charlottesville, Faifax (Name changed to Culpeper in 1869), Harrisonburg, Luray, Woodstock, Front Royal, Staunton, Warm Springs, Leesburg, Berryville, and Winchester.

West Virginia: Union, White Sulphur Spr. (White Sulphur Springs), Lewisburg, Princeton, Franklin, Beverly, Huntersville, Summerville (Summersville), Sutton, Glenville, Fayetteville, Charleston, Ripley, Trouts Hill (Name changed to Wayne in 1911), Barboursville, Guyandott (Now a neighborhood in Huntington), Point Pleasant, Charleston (Charles Town), Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry, Romney, Bath (Name changed to Berkeley Springs in 1861), Phillipi (Philippi), Pruntytown, Kingwood, Morgantown, Weston, Clarksburg, Fairmount (Fairmont), Middletown (Middlebourne), N. Martinsville (New Martinsville), Moundville (Moundsville), Harrisville, Parkersburg, Wellsburg, and Wheeling.

Kentucky: Piketon (Name changed to Pikeville in 1850), Louisa, and Greenupsburg (Name changed to Greenup in 1872).

Maryland: Snow Hill, Princess Ann (Princess Anne), Cambridge, Easton, Annapolis, Leonard (Leonardtown), Pr. Frederick (Prince Frederick), Up Marlboro (Upper Marlboro), Pt. Tobacco (Port Tobacco), Centre V. (Centreville), Chester T. (Chestertown), Havre de Grace, Belair (Bel Air), Baltimore, Westminster, Rockville, Frederick, Emmetsburg (Emmitsburg), Hagerstown, Hancock, and Cumberland.

Delaware: George T. (Georgetown), Milford, Dover, Delaware City, New Castle, Newark, and Wilmington.

District of Columbia (District of Columbia and Virginia):

District of Columbia: Washington and Georgetown (Now a neighborhood in Washington since 1871).

Virginia: Alexandria.

Ohio: Portsmouth, Marietta, Zanesville, Chillicothe, Columbus, and Steubenville.

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Columbia, York, Chambersburg, Harrisburg, Huntingdon, Hollidaysburg, Bedford, Pittsburg (Pittsburgh), and Beaver.

Populations appearing on the Map:

Smithville (Name changed to Southport in 1887): 1,500

Wilmington: 7,500

Plymouth: 1,000

Washington: 2,000

Newbern: 3,750

Kingston (Kinston): 250

Greenville: 2,000

Fayetteville: 1,500

Smithfield: 500

Raleigh: 4,000

Ashboro: 7,500

North Carolina: 869,000

Monroe: 250

Morgantown (Morganton): 250

Murphy: 250

Norfolk: 14,250

Portsmouth: 3,000

Edenton: 1,500

Oxford: 2,000

Petersburg: 14,000

Richmond: 27,500

Lynchburg: 8,000

Lexington: 1,750

George T. (Georgetown): 500

Milford: 2,250

Delaware: 92,000

Easton: 1,500

Annapolis: 3,000

Wasington: 40,000

Bowling Green: 500

Fredericksburg: 4,000

Alexandria: 8,750

Georgetown: 8,250

Front Royal: 500

Virginia (Virginia and West Virginia): 1,422,000

Charleston: 1,000

Dover: 4,500

Delaware City: 1,000

New Castle: 3,000

Wilmington: 14,000

Elkton: 1,250

Havre de Grace: 6,000

Baltimore: 169,000

Maryland: 583,000

Frederick: 6,000

Emmetsburg (Emmitsburg): 750

Hagerstown: 4,000

Leesburg: 1,500

Charleston (Charles Town): 1,500

Martinsburg: 2,250

Harpers Ferry: 1,750

Winchester: 3,500

N. Martinsville (New Martinsville): 250

Wheeling: 11,500