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Quick Links: Individual County Maps with Cities

November 22, 2022 by Randy Majors

Sometimes you may want to see just ONE county with the cities also shown. For that purpose, here’s a list of ALL U.S. Counties with City Limits: Listing of all U.S. County Maps showing Cities and City Limits For example, here is Sacramento County, California: Sacramento County, California – County Map with Cities You get a map like this: Then, of course if you want a map of ALL counties (and optionally cities), just go to the County Lines or City Limits tools. Then, optionally choose the layers/settings in the lower left of the map: If you’re looking for historical … Read more

If you have trouble reaching the randymajors.org website, try this

February 13, 2021 by Randy Majors

Because of server changes, it is possible that some people may experience trouble reaching the randymajors.org website this weekend. (If you are subscribed to email updates, you will receive this notice via email). If that happens to be you, please first try clearing your browser cache and/or pressing Ctrl+F5 while on the page after trying to visit the randymajors.org website. If that still does not work, you can also trying flushing your DNS cache. If by some chance you still are facing issues reaching the website after trying the above, then please contact helpdesk at randymajors dot org (turn that … Read more

Custom Map Tools or Genealogy, you decide

February 10, 2021 by Randy Majors

Given than the randymajors.org Research Hub website has a pretty broad range of topics — from custom mapping tools for business to search and map tools for genealogy — I thought it would be helpful to give you a choice of what topics you want to receive email updates about. Here’s how it works: Be sure you are subscribed to email updates using the Subscribe via Email button near the top of the right sidebar or at the bottom of each page: Then, to change the topics you’re interested in receiving updates about, just click the “Manage Email Subscription Preferences” … Read more

New Help section contains answers to your commonly asked questions!

January 29, 2021 by Randy Majors

Visit the new Help section by clicking the Help link at the bottom of any page on randymajors.org. On the page, you’ll find answers to an assortment of the most common questions we receive. If you don’t find the answer to your question, scroll down the page to the Contact randymajors.org Support form, and send us a question. You can also use this form to submit enhancement ideas for how we can make the tools more useful to you. Check back often, as we’ll be adding more help resources in the future, potentially including video tutorials on usage of the … Read more

Website Infrastructure Updated: You may need to clear your browser cache

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Good news: In an effort to improve the performance of the various map and search tools, the randymajors.org website infrastructure has been updated over several days this week. Action: As a result, if you experience any unexpected issues when viewing the map and search tool pages, try doing a hard refresh of the page using Ctrl+F5. If something still isn’t working quite right, please clear your browser cache, exit all browsers and go back in. This should solve 99% of issues, but if you still are having any trouble, please get in touch using the Help link at the bottom … Read more

How high are you? That is…What is your elevation?

April 13, 2022 by Randy Majors

A quick announcement of two Map Tool enhancements on the randymajors.org website. Check out how high you are… ok, your current elevation ;) with the What Is My Current Elevation? tool. It looks like this: The tool uses your device location, and so is typically more accurate on a mobile device with GPS. With the other tool enhancement, you can determine your current ZIP Code based based on your device location with the What ZIP Code Am I In? tool. Note that this one works based with larger ZIP Code areas. These tools can both be found in the Current … Read more

Quick Links: Reference Maps upgraded to higher resolution, include map labels

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

The new Reference Maps section on randymajors.org has been upgraded to include higher resolution map images and map labels. This applies to the following Reference Maps: County Maps of each U.S. State City Limits Maps of each U.S. State Civil Township Maps by State ZIP Code Maps of each U.S. State Section Township Range Maps by State Using Texas Counties as an example on the County Maps of each U.S. State page, you’ll see this thumbnail: You can click the image thumbnails on the reference map pages to go to the interactive map tool focused on your state of interest. … Read more

New tool shows Civil Townships on Google Maps

November 22, 2022 by Randy Majors

Check out the new Civil Townships tool to see township boundaries on Google Maps, with an option to also see township name labels on the map. Civil townships are active levels of government in about 20 states. They are typically referred to as “towns” in New England, New York and Wisconsin, and are “charter townships” in Michigan. There are an additional several states beyond the 20 that have “inactive” townships, meaning they have recognizable names that the locals may refer to, but that do not serve a governmental purpose. Long story short, all of these flavors of townships are shown … Read more

Quick Links: New Reference Maps section on randymajors.org

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Reference Maps Section of randymajors.org

Sometimes, you just need a quick reference map image rather than a fancy interactive map tool. Well, for those times, you can now visit the new Reference Maps section of the randymajors.org Research Hub website. On the Reference Map menu, found at the top of every page, you’ll find links to the following state-based map images: County Maps of each U.S. State City Limits Maps of each U.S. State Civil Township Maps by State ZIP Code Maps of each U.S. State Section Township Range Maps by State Using the Civil Township Maps by State as an example, click the image of … Read more