Texas State Archives Map Collection



Texas Counties, 1840
Date: 1840
Publisher: Texas Planning Board, 1936.
Cartographer: Metcalfe, Charles B.
Scale: 1 inch = 25 miles
Size: 82 cm x 108 cm
Type of Map: outline
Format: black & white, manuscript
Language: English
AC Number: 06997
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Texas Counties, 1840 Image:
Sorry, no image available.

Description:
Shows counties and the disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Inset, accompanied by historical note: Sketch Showing Territory Claimed by the First Congress of the Republic of Texas. One copy was intended to have population data added, but this was not done. A reduced photocopy of this map is available, about 17 x 21 inches in size. Please use the smaller map if possible as the originals are quite large, fragile, and cannot be photocopied. Two copies. 3/30/87

The Texas State Archives Map Collection contains original, photo-reproduced, and compiled maps covering the period from the early seventeenth through the late twentieth centuries. For general information about the holdings and descriptive information available, read the map introduction and indexes and types of maps webpages. For our copy policy, view our webpage on preservation, access, and reproductions.

For information on additional maps in our holdings, read Maps in Other TSLAC Collections.