Sanborn Map Company Fire Insurance Maps for West Virginia, 1884-1934 A&M 1307

West Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 1307

Title

Sanborn Map Company Fire Insurance Maps for West Virginia 1884-1934

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/201951

Quantity

2.38 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 4 1/2 in. (113 oversize folders, 1 ft. 10 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (5 unboxed volumes, 5 in.)

Creator

Sanborn Map Company

Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Language

English

Abstract

The Sanborn Map Company created large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American cities and towns during the late nineteenth and twentieth century to provide fire insurance agents with sufficient information to assess fire insurance liability. Maps show size, shape and construction of buildings, street names and widths, property boundaries, building use, and the locations of water mains, fire alarms, and hydrants, among other things. The Sanborn Map Company updated the maps to reflect new construction and changes in existing buildings, thereby illustrating the urbanization of America. Collection contains Sanborn maps for towns and counties in West Virginia from 1884 to 1934, though most date from the early twentieth century. Typically, there are several maps for each location. There are some microfilm copies available in collections W-1526 and W-3432. There are also digital scans available for most of the maps in this collection (except where noted). The Addendum of 2013 June 17 contains one volume of Sanborn insurance maps for the town of Buckhannon, including the base map of 1930, and amendments for 1947, 1956, and 1961. The Addendum of 2013 December 04 contains two volumes of Sanborn insurance maps for Morgantown, WV; one is from 1927 with corrections to 1948, the other is from 1927 with corrections to 1954.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Sanborn Map Company Fire Insurance Maps for West Virginia, A&M 1307, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Daniel Alfred Sanborn (1827-1883), a surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts, established the Sanborn Map and Publishing Company in New York in 1867 to provide fire insurance agents with standardized maps that allowed them to analyze property hazards. Sanborn mapmakers surveyed 12,000 cities and towns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and, as urban areas changed and developed, updated their maps to reflect new construction and changes in existing buildings. Maps show size, shape and construction of buildings, street names and widths, property boundaries, building use, and the locations of water mains, fire alarms, and hydrants, among other things. In 1904 the company name changed to Sanborn Map Company, and in 1996, the collection was taken over by Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fire insurance maps
Maps.

Container List

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 1

Alderson

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 2

Barboursville

1922, 1934

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 3

Beckley

1914, 1918, 1922, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 4

Belington

1908, 1913, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 5

Belle

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 6

Berkeley Springs

1885, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1923, 1941

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 7

Bluefield

1893, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1910

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 8

Bluefield

1922, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 1 Folder: 9

Buckhannon

1894, 1898, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1923, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 2 Folder: 1

Cameron

1925

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 2 Folder: 2

Charleston

1884, 1888, 1893, 1897, 1902

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 2 Folder: 3

Charleston

1907, 1912, 1918, 1919, 1922

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 2 Folder: 4

Charleston (including South Charleston)

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 1

Charles Town

1885, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1932

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 2

Chester

1902, 1907, 1910, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 3

Clarksburg

1884, 1890, 1896, 1902, 1905

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 4

Clarksburg

1911, 1916

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 5

Clarksburg

1924

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 3 Folder: 6

Clendenin

1934

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 1

Davis

1894, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1915, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 2

Davy

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 3

Dunbar

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 4

Elkins

1899, 1902, 1905, 1910, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 5

Fairmont

1884, 1892, 1896, 1902, 1906

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 6

Fairmont

1912, 1918

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 4 Folder: 7

Fairmont

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 5 Folder: 1

Follansbee

1921, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 5 Folder: 2

Gassaway

1941

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 5 Folder: 3

Grafton

1892, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1911, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 5 Folder: 4

Harpers Ferry

1894, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922, 1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 5 Folder: 5

Hinton

1893, 1898, 1905, 1910, 1922, 1930

Scope and Contents

Only the 1930 maps from this folder have been digitized.

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 6 Folder: 1

Huntington

1884, 1889, 1893, 1898, 1904

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 6 Folder: 2

Huntington

1909, 1917, 1919, 1922

Scope and Contents

Only the 1909 and 1922 maps from this folder have been digitized.

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 6 Folder: 3

Huntington (Volume 1 of 2)

1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 1

Huntington (Volume 2 of 2)

1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 2

Iaeger

1923, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 3

Kenova

1904, 1909, 1921, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 4

Keyser

1892, 1898, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 5

Keystone

1910, 1918, 1923, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 6

Kimball

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 7

Kingwood

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 8

Lewisburg

1898, 1905, 1910, 1923, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 7 Folder: 9

Logan

1910, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 1

Madison

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 2

Mannington

1904, 1908, 1913, 1925

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 3

Marlinton

1912, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 4

Martinsburg

1885, 1891, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 5

Martinsburg

1922, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 6

Matoka

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 7

Milton

1934

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 8

Monongah

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 9

Montgomery

1895, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1920, 1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 8 Folder: 10

Moorefield

1902, 1908, 1915, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 1

Morgantown

1892, 1899

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 2

Morgantown

1904

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 3

Morgantown

1906

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 4

Morgantown

1911

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 5

Morgantown (includes Granville, Riverside, Star City, Sturgiss City, and Westover)

1921

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 9 Folder: 6

Morgantown (includes Sabraton and Sturgisson)

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 1

Moundsville

1893, 1898, 1904, 1909

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 2

Moundsville

1923, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 3

Mount Hope

1917, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 4

Mullens

1922, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 5

New Cumberland

1890, 1897, 1902, 1910, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 6

Newell

1923, 1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 7

New Martinsville

1897, 1902, 1907, 1921, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 8

Nitro

1928

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 9

Northfork

1910, 1916, 1923, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 10

Oak Hill

1926, 1942

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 10 Folder: 11

Paden City

1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 11 Folder: 1

Parkersburg

1889, 1893, 1898

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 11 Folder: 2

Parkersburg

1904, 1909

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 11 Folder: 3

Parkersburg

1916

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 11 Folder: 4

Parkersburg

1926

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 1

Parsons

1921

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 2

Pennsboro

1916

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 3

Philippi

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 4

Piedmont

1892, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1920, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 5

Point Pleasant

1889, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1922, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 6

Princeton

1910, 1915, 1923, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 7

Ravenswood

1893, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 8

Richwood

1926

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 9

Ridgeley

1921, 1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 10

Ripley

1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 12 Folder: 11

Rivesville

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 1

Romney

1894, 1899, 1904, 1908, 1915, 1923, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 2

Ronceverte

1893, 1898, 1905, 1910, 1921, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 3

Rowlesburg

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 4

Salem

1912

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 5

Saint Albans

1902, 1907, 1912, 1920, 1931

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 6

Saint Marys

1900, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1925

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 7

Shepherdstown

1894, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1915, 1933

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 8

Shinnston

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 9

Sistersville

1894, 1898, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1922, 1930

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 10

Spencer

1905, 1910, 1918, 1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 11

Summersville

1926

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 12

Sutton

1921

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 13

Terra Alta

1902, 1907, 1913, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 13 Folder: 14

Thomas

1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 1

Weirton

1915, 1919

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 2

Weirton

1923, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 3

Welch

1916, 1920, 1923, 1928

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 4

Wellsburg

1884, 1890, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1913, 1923, 1929

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 5

Weston

1894, 1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1921

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 6

Westover

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 7

West Union

1916, 1923

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 8

White Sulphur Springs

1927

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 9

Williamson

1907, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1932

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 14 Folder: 10

Williamstown

1934

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 15 Folder: 1

Wheeling

1884, 1890

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 15 Folder: 2

Wheeling

1902

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 15 Folder: 3

Wheeling (Volume 1 of 2)

1921–1922

Maps Map Case: 4 Drawer: 15 Folder: 4

Wheeling (Volume 2 of 2)

1921–1922

Addendum of 2013 June 17, Buckhannon (1933) [1 volume] with amendments for 1947, 1956, and 1961

Maps Box: 1 1933, 1947, 1956, 1961

Scope and Contents

None of the maps in this addendum have been digitized.

Addendum of 2013 December 4, Morgantown (1927) [2 volumes] with corrections to 1948 and 1954

Maps Map Case: 4 1927, 1948, 1954

Scope and Contents

None of the maps in this addendum have been digitized.