Historic Maps

Here are links to a number of fascinating historic maps of what is now Virginia-Highland, and of Atlanta:

Virginia-Highland Key Historic Subdivisions

The map shown below gives a rough idea of the key historic subdivisions and the approximate dates of their development. Click on the map for a larger version.

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1890s‑1930s	Virginia-Highland Historical Development Maps, browsable collections of dozens of original plat maps from your section of Virginia-Highland.
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1949	Aerial atlas of Atlanta The intersection of Virginia and Highland is in the lower left of map 93; you can navigate from there. Use with care; the time will fly by. There’s a great view of a tree-sparse Orme Park in the middle of map 80
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1928	Topographic survey of Atlanta: Note, only the area from Virginia Ave. and south is available. Sheet 6 – southwestern VaHi Sheet 7 – southeastern VaHi Zoomable map of entire city All individual sheets
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1911 & 1920	Sanborn Fire Maps: 1920 (note two sections of VaHi have maps available) 1911 (note only limited sections of VaHi were mapped)
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1919	Birdseye map of Atlanta (15MB file) (Virginia-Highland visible on far northeast horizon)
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1892	Birdseye map of Atlanta (18MB file) (Virginia-Highland not covered)
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1878	City atlas Note: does not cover what is today Virginia-Highland Zoomable map of entire city Individual sheets
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1871	Birdseye map of Atlanta (13MB file)
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—–	Map of Annexations Which areas were annexed to the City of Atlanta in which years? Annexation map (on page there is a download link and you can choose “large”; be aware, the file is 27MB) Many more maps in the GSU “Atlanta Planning” collection

Many 19th century maps of Atlanta are available here on Wikipedia.