Maps

Cemetery research layer: These maps open with only the rectified historic map over the modern road or satellite map. Cemetery locations are hidden by default. On maps that include the cemetery system, use the clearly marked Layers / Cemeteries control to add or remove cemetery locations.

• Lower ShoreInteractive Rectified regional map for comparing the historic Lower Shore with modern geography. Opens without cemetery markers; optional cemetery layers are available from the map controls.
• Barren Creek District No. 1Interactive Rectified historic election-district map.
• Quantico District No. 2Interactive Rectified historic election-district map.
• Tyaskin District No. 3Interactive Rectified historic election-district map.
• Pittsburg District No. 4Interactive Rectified historic election-district map.

• Lake, Griffing and Stevenson 1877 Atlas — Wicomico CountyDetailed election-district maps showing landowners, roads, towns, schools, churches, waterways, railroads, and other features.
• John C. Lyon’s Old Somerset Hundreds and Land Grant MapsA major research resource showing the evolution of Old Somerset’s hundreds and the spread of colonial land grants over time.
• Martenet’s Atlas of Maryland, 1865 — Somerset CountyWicomico did not yet exist; much of present-day Wicomico appears on this Somerset map.
• Martenet’s Atlas of Maryland, 1865 — Worcester CountyUseful for the eastern portion of the area that became Wicomico County in 1867.
• Lower Eastern Shore Maryland Counties, 1794A portion of H. Brooks Price’s map showing Lower Shore roads, towns, waterways, buildings, and county geography.
• Experimental Survey for the Eastern Shore Rail Road, 1853A remarkable survey map showing the proposed railroad corridor, landowners, roads, fields, streams, and other geographic features.
• Lower Eastern Shore, 1794A period map of Maryland and Delaware showing towns, roads, waterways, houses of worship, mills, and other notable places.
• Eastern Shore ParishesShows parish names, original and later church locations, and county boundaries from different periods.
• Lower Shore Area, 1840 — smaller imageOld Somerset before Wicomico County was created, with older place names, waterways, roads, and boundaries.
• Lower Shore Area, 1840 — high-resolution imageThe larger, crisper version for close examination.

• Nanticoke Quadrangle, 1903Official USGS historical topographic map, 1:62,500 scale. Opens in a browser preview, with the original GeoPDF available from the file page.
• Pittsville Quadrangle, 1902Official USGS historical topographic map, 1:62,500 scale. Opens in a browser preview, with the original GeoPDF available from the file page.
• Salisbury Quadrangle, 1901Official USGS historical topographic map, 1:62,500 scale. Opens in a browser preview, with the original GeoPDF available from the file page.
• Search more historical USGS maps with topoViewBrowse the full Historical Topographic Map Collection and download maps in multiple formats.

• Wicomico County Map RoomOfficial county base maps, zoning, historic districts, parcels, roads, and GIS downloads.
• Interactive Map of Cemeteries in Wicomico CountyApproximate locations of known cemeteries; many mapped sites include burial information.
• Wicomico County 2020 Census ViewerCurrent county census-demographic map viewer with county, tract, municipal, and village data.
• Wicomico County Election Map RoomCurrent election maps plus historic-reference maps including 2010 census tracts and election districts.
• Wicomico CountyA simple color reference map showing present-day county boundaries and principal towns.
• Old SomersetShows 17th-century Somerset County and the daughter counties later created from it.
• Somerset’s HundredsHistoric administrative subdivisions of Old Somerset County, based on Wilmer O. Lankford’s They Lived in Somerset.

• Ellis Bay WMAMaryland DNR map of the wildlife management area in southwestern Wicomico County and surrounding geography.
• Nanticoke River WMA — Nutters NeckMaryland DNR map showing WMA boundaries, trails, parking, and the Nanticoke River.
• Wetipquin WMAMaryland DNR map showing the WMA, Wetipquin Creek, roads, trails, woods, marsh, and nearby communities.
• Johnson WMACurrent Maryland DNR page for Johnson Wildlife Management Area in southern Wicomico County.

• MEDUSA — Maryland’s Cultural Resource Information SystemMaryland Historical Trust map- and text-search system for architectural resources, historic properties, and other sites recorded in the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.
• The National Map ViewerCurrent USGS mapping for boundaries, elevation, hydrography, roads, structures, place names, and topographic-map availability.
• Maryland Historical Topographic Maps — Perry-Castañeda LibraryA convenient University of Texas collection of older Maryland USGS quadrangles.

• Somerset County MDGenWeb MapsAdditional historical and modern maps useful for research in Old Somerset and neighboring areas.
• Shari Handley’s Eastern Shore Genealogy — MapsA broader collection of Eastern Shore historical maps, map collections, research tools, and local reference maps.