These maps were created by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company for their business purposes, but because they are detailed, building-by-building depictions of most urban areas, they are useful for all kinds of research. For more about their history see our Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps History and the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps website at the Library of Congress.

This chart was originally designed to help researchers know which institution held which Indiana Sanborns. However, we've since added links to high-quailty PDFs of pre-1923 maps. Post-1923 maps are still under copyright, but black and white digital copies for Indiana and all the other states can be accessed by Indiana University faculty, students and staff through the Proquest Digital Sanborn Maps (about).

For states other than Indiana, try Michigan State University's Links to Sanborn Sites, UC Berkeley's Union List of Sanborn & Other Fire Insurance Maps, and the Library of Congress.

Key to the Union List of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps -- for help interpreting the chart.

Alphabetical Index | Index by County

Union List of Sanborn Maps

Acton (see Indianapolis)

Allisonville (see Indianapolis)

Augusta (see Indianapolis)

Beech Grove (see Indianapolis)

Ben Davis (see Indianapolis)

Bridgeport (see Indianapolis)

Castleton (see Indianapolis)

Clarksville (see Jeffersonville)

Claysburg (see Jeffersonville)

Clermont (see Jeffersonville)

Cumberland (see Indianapolis)

Dubois (see Jasper)

East Columbus (see Columbus)

Edgewood (see Indianapolis)

Eugene (see Cayuga)

Fisherburg (see Lapel)

Gibson Station (see Indianapolis)

Greendale (see Lawrenceburg)

Harwood (see Evansville)