county lines

Latitude and Longitude now displayed on County Lines on Google Maps tool

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

A few users have requested the ability to see the latitude and longitude for their chosen location while using the County Lines on Google Maps tool. This functionality has now been added. As usual, just start by typing in a place name or address for which you want to see nearby county lines, then click “Go!”. Now, in addition to seeing the county name at the bottom of the map, just below that you will also see the latitude and longitude for the red map marker, as shown below: The latitude and longitude displayed is for the red map marker, … Read more

Now use your current location on all randymajors.org mapping tools!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

This enhancement applies all of the mapping tools on this website: County Lines on Google Maps ZIP Codes on Google Maps City Limits on Google Maps Township Range on Google Maps Location Explorer on Google Maps Climate Info on Google Maps Time Zones on Google Maps Area Codes on Google Maps Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps On all of these randymajors.org mapping tools, you always had to start by typing in a city, address, place, etc. Now with this latest enhancement, if you want to know more about your current location, you can just click the “⊕ Locate” buttons in the upper … Read more

First County Lines, now ZIP Code boundaries on Google Maps!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

QUICK LINK TO ZIP CODES: ZIP Codes on Google Maps QUICK LINK TO COUNTY LINES: County Lines on Google Maps After the great response to my County Lines on Google Maps tool, I’ve heard a number of suggestions for other types of boundaries that Google Maps doesn’t show. One that has come up a number of times is for ZIP Codes. Yes, you can see one ZIP Code boundary at a time on Google Maps desktop version, but that’s of limited use if you’re trying to see all of the ZIP Codes in an area and don’t know what they are … Read more

County Lines on Google Maps tool adds coverage of 4 more countries

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Just a quick note to let you know that New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland have been added to the County Lines on Google Maps tool! Update as of 29 Dec 2018: Mexico Municipalities have been added, which are the next level administrative division below State. So, the full line-up of countries where you can see counties is: – United States – United Kingdom – Ireland – Australia – New Zealand – Canada – Mexico – Switzerland Please note that not all countries use counties. So in those cases, the tool will show the administrative division that exists between the state … Read more

County Lines on Google Maps adds coverage for Australia

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

If you’re Australian or familiar with Australian government hierarchy (which I wasn’t!), the first thing you may ask is what is a “county” in Australia, as it evidently doesn’t exist. According to Wikipedia, “Unlike Canada or the United States, there is only one level of government in each state, with no distinction such as cities and counties.” Instead, Australia uses Local Government Areas (LGAs). So now the County Lines on Google Maps tool includes all of the Australian LGA boundaries! Here’s a snapshot from the southeastern part of Australia, with the city and state name for the red marker displayed at … Read more

Noteworthy enhancements to County Lines on Google Maps tool

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

I’ve just updated the new County Lines on Google Maps tool to include a few noteworthy enhancements: 1. You can now view counties across multiple states at the same time. This can be especially useful if you’re exploring an area near a state line, as shown below. The county and state name is displayed at the bottom of the map. 2. Once you’ve typed in your initial place of interest, you can then click around the map to display other counties, or type a new place if you prefer. The performance speed for doing all of this has been improved considerably. … Read more

County Lines across the pond – UK and Ireland coverage added

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

QUICK LINK TO THE MAP TOOL: County Lines on Google Maps Updated January 2020 Thanks to many of you for the great feedback on my new County Lines on Google Maps tool! Several of you commented (or lamented) at the UK and Ireland not being included. So now they are! Here are a couple of screenshots: As before, to get started just type any place name (just as you would in Google Maps) and click Go! You can then type another name, zoom in, click in another county, and so on. I hope you find these additions useful! SHORTCUT TO USE YOUR … Read more

Here’s how you can see all County Lines on Google Maps

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

QUICK LINK TO THE MAP TOOL: County Lines on Google Maps Updated January 2020 Did you ever notice that Google Maps doesn’t display ALL county boundaries? Sure enough, try it…best you can do is to get one county’s boundaries to draw at a time by searching for that county in Google Maps. Like this, where I searched for “Park County, CO”: You can only view one county’s boundaries at a time in Google Maps Well, what if you want to see ALL of the county lines in Google Maps? You can now, by using this free county mapping tool that … Read more

How you may be sabotaging your search for ancestors…and how to fix it!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

UPDATED MARCH 2020: NEW! Let this FREE tool do the work for you as you search on Ancestry.com U.S. county boundaries have changed over 17,600 times since America was settled in colonial times. Don’t sabotage your search for ancestors by not knowing the correct county for the historical years you are researching. While searching on Ancestry, the free Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker extension for Google Chrome automatically checks that the county existed in the year you are searching, warns of boundary changes, and links to historical county lines on Google Maps for the place and years you are searching! Install … Read more

For Your Maximum Viewing Pleasure

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Yesterday, I released one of the most frequently requested features for the Historical U.S. County Boundary Maps tool (as a reminder, this tool lets you view on a Google Map the county boundaries as of any HISTORICAL date or year for ANY U.S. location!). The new functionality is simple but very useful: the ability to work with a much larger map in an immersive full screen experience! (Also, keep reading to learn of a couple more enhancements.) To go into fullscreen view, just hit the button in the upper right corner of the map, highlighted in redbelow. You will see a much … Read more