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County Census Records

   Genealogy Atlas has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for Maryland and other states.
   You can view rotating animated maps for Maryland showing all the county boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries. You can view a list of maps for other states at Census Maps
   You can view rotating animated maps for Maryland showing all the county boundary changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries . You can view a list of maps for other states and State Department of Transportation Maps at County Maps. The Maryland Department of Transportation has county maps the show the locations of churches, cemeteries, roads, ect... free for viewing or download here

  Federal Population Schedules that exist for Maryland are 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. Missing schedules include 1790 for Allegany, Calvert, Somerset, and part of Dorchester counties (destroyed); 1800 for Baltimore County (never taken); and 1830 for Montgomery, Prince Georges, Queen Annes, Saint Marys, and Somerset counties. Non-population census schedules are at the state archives, which also has the original 1880 population schedules.
  There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules availible for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Slave Schedules exist for 1850 & 1860. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Union Veterans Schedules were conducted in 1890.

  Colonial Schedules: A 1776 census was taken to determine population and is indexed at the Maryland State Archives, but it is not available for all counties. A 1778 “census” is a list of males over 18 who in some counties signed the Oath of Fidelity, and in others, those who did not. A police census taken in Baltimore in 1868 is in the Baltimore City Archives. Among census substitutes are Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724, from the Maryland Historical Magazine (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976).

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