Below, we have assembled some external links to other sites with maps related to the history of Medford and surrounding areas.
Harvard University Digital Maps
- 1855 Walling Map of Medford
- Map of Middlesex County 1856
- A plan of Boston in New England with its environs: including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea 1777
Massachusetts Historical Society
- Manuscript map of the Ten Hills (Medford, Mass.), October 1637
- Manuscript map of the Boston Harbor, 1775
Digital Commonwealth (Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library)
- An accurate map of the country round Boston in New England from the best authorities (1776)
- Map of the city and vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts (1852)</a
- Map of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass (1855) Walling Map
- Medford, Massachusetts (1880)
- Topographical map of Middlesex Fells Reservation (1895)
- West Medford, Massachusetts (1897)
- Middlesex Fells Reservation (1919)
Library of Congress
- Sketch of the Ground about Charles Town, ca. 1775, “Road to Medford”
- Medford Bird’s Eye View, 1880, O.H. Bailey & Co.
- Middlesex Fells Aerial View, 1903.
- Middlesex Fells Reservation, 1919.
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Collection at the Library of Congress, now digitized, 1887, 1892, 1903, 1910, 1936-1950.
www.WardMapsGifts.com
Browse by city or county. This is a third-party commercial site, and you cannot print the maps. However, you can zoom in and out and view the maps, or purchase them. No funds go to MHSM.
- County Atlas of Middlesex, MA, 1875, F.W. Beers & Co.
- Page 105 Medford Overview
- Page 106 East Medford
- Page 107-108 Central Medford
- page 109 West Medford
- Middlesex County Atlas, 1889, George H. Walker & Co.
- Page 17 Large Scale Area Map
- Page 18-19 Medford Square
- Page 20 Far South Medford
- Page 22-23 West Medford
- Page 26-27 South Medford
- Page 29 Medford, Glenwood Section
- Page 30-31 Medford, East Side
- Page 32 Medford, Wellington Section
- Middlesex County, 1900, George W. Stadley & Co.
- Plate 33 Medford, East Side
- Plate 34 Medford, Southern Portion
- Plate 35 Medford Square and Northern Portion
- Plate 36 West Medford, and Northeast Corner
- Medford, MA 1904 George H. Walker & Co.
- Medford Street Map 1931 Roy W. Hutchins
www.HistoricMapWorks.com
1898 Atlas of the City of Medford. Many other maps available. Browse by city. This is a third-party commercial site, and you cannot print the maps. However, you can zoom in and out and view the maps, or purchase them. No funds go to MHSM.
- Atlas of the City of Medford, 1898, Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
- Index Map
- Plate 1 – Medford Square – Parts of Wards 3, 4, and 5.
- Plate 2 – East of Medford Square – Forest to Park – Parts of Wards 2 and 3.
- Plate 3 – East Medford – Park to Spring – Part of Wards 1 and 2.
- Plate 4 – East Medford – Spring to Malden Line – Part of Ward 2.
- Plate 5 – East Medford Ship District – Part of Wards 1 and 2.
- Plate 6 – South Medford – Mystic River to Main Street – Part of Wards 4 and 5.
- Plate 7 – South Medford – Tufts College to Summer and Main – Part of Wards 4 and 5.
- Plate 8 – Medford Hillside – North St to Winthrop to Mystic River – Part of Wards 4 and 5.
- Plate 9 – West Medford – East of RR to Winthrop St – Part of Wards 3 and 6.
- Plate 10 – North of Medford Square – High Street to Middlesex Fells – Part of Ward 3.
- Plate 11 – West Medford – Playstead to Winthrop, north of Irving – Part of Wards 3 and 6.
- Plate 12 – West Medford – West of RR, High St to Mystic River – Part of Ward 6.
- Plate 13 – South Medford – Brickyards west of Main to Medford and Clayton – Part of Ward 5.
- Plate 14 – South Medford – Broadway to Mystic Avenue and Somerville Line – Part of Ward 5.
- Plate 15 – Wellington – Medford Branch RR to Mystic River – Part of Wards 1 and 5.
- Plate 16 – Fulton Heights – Forest St to Malden Line – Part of Wards 2 and 3.
- Plate 17 – Fulton Heights – South of Elm Street and Highland – Part of Wards 2 and 3.
- Plate 18 – Lawrence Estates – Fells to Winthrop St to Governors Ave – Part of Ward 3.
- Plate 19 – West Medford, Brooks Estates – Mystic Lakes to Winthrop St – Part of Wards 3 and 6.