Nord publishes historic map bibliography of Monroe County
Professor emeritus David Nord has published an annotated illustrated bibliography of the historic maps of Monroe County from 1815-1941.
“Mapping Monroe County, Indiana: An Annotated Bibliography, 1815-1941” includes maps of the county, Bloomington, smaller towns and villages, and the IU campus.
It features state and county atlases, federal land office records, property maps, city and town plat maps, railroad maps, road maps, geological and topographic maps, river navigation charts, limestone industry maps, soil and land use maps, postal maps, census maps, campus maps, national forest maps and fire insurance maps.
The bibliography exists in both print and PDF form. There are about 150 entries.
In 2018, Nord completed a similar project of Lawrence County maps.