Reference

Sources

The historic maps, plans, books and records used to build the Billerica Map, from the 1655 grant to the late twentieth century. Each link opens the original at the library, archive or agency that holds it.

Historic maps and plans50

  1. 1655Land Desired by Billerica (Drawn in 1700)
  2. 1775The Seat of War
  3. 1794Plan of Billerica by Samuel Whiting
  4. 1831Plan of Billerica by John G. Hales
  5. 1834North Billerica Mills, Thoreau Surveys
  6. 1836Plan & Profile of the Boston and Lowell RR
  7. 1847Plan for a Section of the Billerica and Concord RR
  8. 1853Map of the Town of Billerica by H.F. Walling
  9. 1853Colorized Map of the Town of Billerica by H.F. Walling
  10. 1859Survey of Billerica Mills by John Avery Jr
  11. 1875Billerica by F.W. Beers
  12. 1875Billerica Center, South Billerica, and Billerica Station
  13. 1875North Billerica
  14. 1886USGS Lowell
  15. 1887North Billerica by L.R. Burleigh
  16. 1889Tewksbury & Billerica by Geo H. Walker
  17. 1889Billerica Center by Geo H. Walker
  18. 1889North Billerica by Geo H. Walker
  19. 1891Massachusetts State Atlas
  20. 1893USGS Lowell
  21. 1893USGS Lawrence
  22. 1904Trolley Map
  23. 1912Manning's Map
  24. 1914Billerica Garden Suburb by Manning
  25. 1918USGS Lowell
  26. 1918USGS Lawrence
  27. 1923Billerica Center by Sanborn
  28. 1923Outer Billerica Center and N. Billerica by Sanborn
  29. 1923N. Billerica by Sanborn
  30. 1923N. Billerica by Sanborn
  31. 1923B&M RR and Middlesex Canal by Sanborn
  32. 1935USGS Lowell
  33. 1936A Snow Storm Tramp
  34. 1937Billerica Town Report Map
  35. 1938Historic Aerials
  36. 1941USGS Billerica
  37. 1942USGS Billerica
  38. 1944USGS Wilmington
  39. 1950USGS Billerica
  40. 1950USGS Wilmington
  41. 1952Billerica Center by Sanborn
  42. 1952Outer Billerica Center and N. Billerica by Sanborn
  43. 1952N. Billerica by Sanborn
  44. 1952N. Billerica by Sanborn
  45. 1965USGS Billerica
  46. 1965USGS Wilmington
  47. 1987USGS Billerica
  48. 1987USGS Reading
  49.  Billerica 1856
  50.  Middlesex Canal Map

Histories and town records4

  1.  History of Billerica by Henry Allen Hazen
  2. 1912-1914Billerica, Volumes 1-3
  3.  Billerica Annual Reports
  4.  Billerica County Layout Plans

Online map and survey data4

  1.  Mass GIS Data
  2.  Mass GIS Oliver
  3.  MapsOnline Billerica
  4.  Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS)