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St. Louis City and County Atlases and Plat Books: Home - Digitized Plat Books

Describes maps, atlases, and plat books depicting St. Louis City and County, Missouri

IMLS Funding

In 2022-23 the Missouri Historical Society received funding to digitize the atlases on this page.

Atlases digitized in 2022 are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Atlases digitized in 2023 are denoted by two asterisks (**).

This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.

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Plat Map Detail

In addition to landowner names, plats can show other local landmarks. This detail of page 11 of Northwest Publishing's 1909 Plat Book of St. Louis County, Missouri shows a Black school, a railroad line, quarries, and a spring.

 

Digitized Plat Maps of St. Louis City and County, Missouri

DATE RESOURCE COVERAGE NOTES
*1829 Joseph C. Brown Survey St. Louis City and County Manuscript. Earliest known complete survey of St. Louis County.
1838 Dupre's Atlas of the City and County of St. Louis St. Louis City and County  
*1845–1858 Keemle's Plats Recorded Between 1845 and 1858 Selected parcels in St. Louis City and County Manuscript
1847 Hutawa's Atlas of the County of St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City and County  
*1852 Schultse's Map of the City of St. Louis Mo. & Vicinity St. Louis City, from the riverfront to Kingshighway  
*1862 Hutawa's Atlas of the County of St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City and County  
*1870 Hutawa's Atlas of St. Louis County St. Louis City and County  
*1876 Guzman's Plat Book of the County of St. Louis Selected subdivisions in St. Louis County 6 volumes
*1876 Guzman's Block Book of the City of St. Louis St. Louis City block numbers 1–3200 10 volumes
**1877 Turner's Map of the city of St. Louis within the limits of 1855 and 1870 St. Louis City through 1870  
1878 Pitzman's New Atlas of the City and County of Saint Louis, Missouri St. Louis City and County SHS
1883 Hopkins' Atlas of the City of St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City SHS
*1884 Leffingwell's Map of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity St. Louis City and some surrounding locations  
1893 Johnson's Atlas of St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County only SHS
*1896 Topographical Map in Thirty-Nine Sheets of the City of St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City only Not a plat map; shows detailed topography
*1905

St. Louis Plat and Record Co.'s Atlas of the City of St. Louis 

St. Louis City only

8 volumes

*1909 Northwest Publishing's Plat Book of St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County only 1 volume
*1909

St. Louis Plat and Record Co.'s Atlas of St. Louis County

Volume 1                               Volume 3 

Volume 2                               Volume 4

St. Louis County only 4 volumes
*1955 Nathan Nirenstein's National Occupancy Maps Downtown St. Louis and downtown Clayton, Missouri, only Shows commercial real estate tenants