Maps

Plat Books & Farm Directories

• Bird's Eye View of the City of Grand Rapids 1874

•  Map of Wood County, Wis. by Gaynor and Purdy [1879], also at Wisconsin Historical Society.

• From Historical Atlas of Wisconsin, 1878.

  • Wood County (map), Centralia / Grand Rapids (map) and History (pdf)

  • Portage County (map), Stevens Point (map) and History (pdf)

  • Adams (and Juneau) County (map) and History (pdf)

  • Lincoln County (map) and History (pdf)

• Phileo's Plat (1896)

• Hixon Map (1897-1902?)

• Morey Map (1902) Limited to Cranmoor, Grand Rapids, Port Edwards, Saratoga, and Seneca.

• Standard atlas of Wood County, Wisconsin 1909

• Standard atlas of Wood County, Wisconsin 1928

• Wood County farm directory 1940

• Official county plat book and rural directory of Wood County, Wisconsin [1956]

• Annual farm directory of Wood County, 1965

• History of Wisconsin Rapids by Everett Lambert (1972-81). These maps are keyed to over 300 early businesses and locations.

Interactive Maps

• Wood County Cemetery Locator  - The location of each cemetery, with links to burials.

• Taylor Google Map - Many of the photographs from the Taylor Book are geo-located on this Google Map mashup, proving an intriguing look at what Rapids used to look like.

Sanborn Maps (at Wisconsin Historical Society)

• 1884 Centralia and Grand Rapids

• 1891Centralia and Grand Rapids

• 1895 Centralia, Grand Rapids and Nekoosa

• 1902 Grand Rapids and Nekoosa

• 1909 Grand Rapids

• 1909 Nekoosa

• 1914 Pittsville

• 1919 Grand Rapids

Railroad Maps

• Sherry map with former railroads marked. 1970

• Wisconsin Rapids (north) map with former railroads marked.

• Wisconsin Rapids (south) map with former railroads marked.