From the latter half of the nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth, the Sanborn Insurance Company made detailed maps of many American cities, including the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Sanborn Insurance Maps clearly document the growth of Fredericksburg and the changes to the city's buildings with regard to their shape, expansion or demolition, as well as their use.

You can access paper copies of Sanborn maps from 1886, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1919, and 1927 in the Virginiana Room of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library Headquarters. The 1921-1947 Sanborn map is available on microfilm.

Access Sanborn Maps for Fredericksburg and other Virginia towns through the Sanborn Map database.

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