Middle Georgia
Attempting to collect the most accurate historical maps of Middle Georgia.
The street that has existed for 150 years that never existed
I found something interesting while working on mapping historical streets in my hometown of Cincinnati. Take a look at Alexander St on J.H. Colton & Co.’s 1855 map, the oldest map I’m aware of that includes the street: Here’s how S. Augustus Mitchell depicted Alexander St on his 1860 map: And…
British Empire fully mapped
I have completely mapped the British Empire, here is my journey. I started mapping on OpenHistoricalMap in 2019 because of things I had to erase on OpenStreetMap that I wanted recorded for histories sake. In August 2024 I mapped the boundaries of Central America. Then I read on the forum about a …
What is a market town?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_town A “market town” (German Markt) is a center for local trade, larger than a village, but smaller than a town. In Denmark and Northern Germany, they are called Flecken or Freiheit. They are most common in Austria, Bavaria and Switzerland, but also in Czechia …
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