Historic Alexandria Maps
View historic maps from 1624 to 1862.
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Historic Alexandria Maps
Full-sized images of these maps can be found at the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, except as noted.
![1624, Map of Virginia, John Smith (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1642-John-Smith.jpg?itok=hIkH_yRC)
![1746, Survey Plat (Book of Surveys, 1746, Fairfax County Courthouse)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1746-Survey-Plat.jpg?itok=t7qUImW9)
![1748, “Plan of the Land where on Stands the Town of Alexandria,” George Washington (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1748-George-Washington.jpg?itok=WzSPcPoH)
![1749, “A Plan of Alexandria now Belhaven,” George Washington (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1749%20George%20Washington.jpg?itok=Xv70H0GL)
![1763, “Alexandria,” George West (Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1763-George-West.jpg?itok=SxaehK0d)
![1782, “Amérique Campagne - Camp a’Alexandrie [sic],” Comte de Rochambeau (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1782-Rochambeau.jpg?itok=J8JpZoMv)
![1798, “Plan of the Town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia,” Colonel George Gilpin (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1798-George-Gilpin.jpg?itok=qtkL6Riv)
![1862, Sneden Map of U.S. Forts and Batteries near Alexandria (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Map-1862-Roberrt-Knox-Sneden_0.jpg?h=b4714399&itok=c1fS3TaW)
![1624, Map of Virginia, John Smith (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1642-John-Smith.jpg?itok=hIkH_yRC)
John Smith
"Virginia / discovered and discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1606; graven by William Hole," published London 1624.
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number: G3880 1624 .S541 Vault
Digital ID: g3880.ct000377
![1746, Survey Plat (Book of Surveys, 1746, Fairfax County Courthouse)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1746-Survey-Plat.jpg?itok=2q-7k2Kg)
Source: Book of Surveys, 1746, Fairfax County Courthouse
![1748, “Plan of the Land where on Stands the Town of Alexandria,” George Washington (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1748-George-Washington.jpg?itok=5nAgwfWW)
George Washington
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number: G3884.A3 1748 .W3 Vault
Digital ID: (recto) g3884a.ct000368r; (verso) g3884a.ct000368v
![1749, “A Plan of Alexandria now Belhaven,” George Washington (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1749%20George%20Washington.jpg?itok=ejKEpJyc)
George Washington
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number G3884.A4 1763.W4 Vault
![1763, “Alexandria,” George West (Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1763-George-West.jpg?itok=meJZtv1v)
George West
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number G3884.A4 1763.W4 Vault
![1782, “Amérique Campagne - Camp a’Alexandrie [sic],” Comte de Rochambeau (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1782-Rochambeau.jpg?itok=wSJsy6EC)
Comte de Rochambeau
From Amérique Campagne, an atlas of 40 maps
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number: G1201.S3 R65 1782 Vault : Roch 67
Digital ID: g3701sm gar00001
![1798, “Plan of the Town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia,” Colonel George Gilpin (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1798-George-Gilpin.jpg?itok=AypAuCT1)
Colonel George Gilpin
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Call Number: G3884.A3 1798 .G5 Vault
Digital ID: g3884a.ct001432
![1862, Sneden Map of U.S. Forts and Batteries near Alexandria (Library of Congress)](/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_item/public/2021-11/Map-1862-Roberrt-Knox-Sneden_0.jpg?itok=fN5ErLA_)
Showing Fort Lyon with extended works
Robert Knox Sneden
Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Repository: Virginia Historical Society
Digital ID: gvhs01 vhs00110