ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY

Primary Resource Maps of 1900-1939 for Route 66 Research

Maps are listed in chronological order. Maps of pre-Route 66 trails in Illinois are available.

Illinois

• Mendenhall, C.S. Mendenhall's New Road Map & Route Book of Illinois: Showing Through Bicycle Routes In the State. Cincinnati: C.S. Mendenhall, 1902.
• Illinois. State Highway Dept. Map of Proposed State Aid Roads for Illinois. Springfield: State Highway Dept., 1914.
• Map Showing Proposed Hard Road System for Illinois. Springfield: Dept. of Agriculture, 1917.
• Illinois. State Highway Dept. Map Showing Marked Through Routes In Illinois. Springfield: State Highway Dept., 1917. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. State Bond Issue Road System. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1918.
• Rand McNally and Company. Illinois Automobile Road Map. Chicago: s.n., 1918?.
• Clason Map Company. Clason's Guide Map of Illinois. Denver: Clason Map Co., 192-?.
• Midget Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Illinois: Showing Paved Roads, Road Distances, State Highways. Chicago: Clason Map Co., 192-?.
• Cram's Superior Map of Illinois. Indianapolis: George F. Cram Co., 192-?.
• TIB Automobile Route Book, Illinois, Atlantic Coast, 1921: Motorist Route Book of the Principal Automobile Routes In Illinois, Trunk Lines to Atlantic Coast. Kansas City, MO: TIB Automobile Route Book Co., 1921. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally Official 1921 Auto Trails Map, District No. 1: Illinois, Western Indiana, S.E. Iowa, N.E. Missouri. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1921.
• Map Showing Marked Through Routes In Illinois. Springfield: Secretary of State, 1921?. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally Official 1921 Auto Trails Map, Special Illinois, Western Indiana. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1921.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. Map Showing Construction Progress on Federal Aid And State Bond Issue Roads. Chicago: Rice's Pathfinder, 1922?.
• Map Showing Marked Through Routes In Illinois. Springfield: Secretary of State, 1922?. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• Highway Map of Northeastern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana. Chicago: G.L. Shelby, 1922.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. State Bond Issue Road System: To Be Built Under Provision Of $100,000,000 Bond Issue Law. Springfield: State of Illinois, 1923.
• The Decatur Review Road Map. Decatur, IL: The Decatur Review, 1923.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. Map Showing Construction Progress on Federal Aid and State Bond Issue Roads. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1921-1924?. June, July, October 1923 issues and January and March 1924 issues.
• ---. Map Showing Marked Routes and Detours around Construction on the State Bond Issue System. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1924. As of May 1, 1924.
• ---. Map Showing Marked Routes and Detours around Construction on the State Bond Issue System. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1924. Rev. Aug. 1, 1924.
• ---. Map Showing Marked Routes and Detours around Construction on the State Bond Issue System. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1924. Rev. Oct. 1, 1924.
• Geological Survey (U.S.). Road Map of Illinois. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1925.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. Map of Illinois State Highway System Showing Marked Routes and Detours. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1925?-1927?. July and Dec. 1925 issues, July and Dec. 1926 issues, and Feb. and Aug. 1927 issues.
• ---. State Bond Issue Road System to be Built Under Provision of $100,000,000 Bond Issue Law. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1926. Rev. April 1, 1926.
• Illinois. Automobile Dept. Illinois Road Map. Springfield: Secretary of State, 1926 to date. Title varies over the years. The Secretary’s official state highway map. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• The Decatur Review Road Map. Decatur, IL: The Decatur Review, 1928.
• Hard Roads and State Institutions in Illinois. Springfield: State of Illinois?, 1928?.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. Map of Illinois Showing State Highways. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1928?-1932?. Jan. 1928 issue, 2 versions of Feb. 1929, Jan. and July 1930 issues, Jan. and July 1931 issues, and March 1932 issue.
• Rand McNally and Company. Rand Mcnally Official 1929 Auto Road Map [of] Illinois. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1929.
• ---. Johnson Auto Road Map of Illinois. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1929?.
• H.M. Gousha Company. 1931 Official Road Map Illinois. Chicago: H.M. Gousha Co., 1931.
• ---. 1932 Official Road Map Illinois. Chicago: H.M. Gousha Co., 1932.
• Illinois. Dept. of Transportation. Illinois Highway Map. Springfield: Dept. of Transportation, 1932 to date. Title varies over the years. The Governor’s official state highway map.
• Illinois. Div. of Highways. Road Map Of Illinois. Springfield: Div. of Highways, 1934.
• H.M. Gousha Company. Cities Service Invites You to Tour Illinois. Chicago: H.M. Gousha Co., 1936.
• ---. Official Road Map Illinois. Chicago: H.M. Gousha Co., 1937?.
• ---. Official Road Map Illinois. Chicago: H.M. Gousha Co., 1938?.
• Federal Writers' Project. Illinois, 1939. Washington: s.n., 1939.

United States

• Transcontinental Routes to the Pacific Coast and Intermediate Points of Scenic and Historic Interest Together with Important Options and Feeders. s.l.: Motor Age, 1915.
• Automobile Road Guide De Luxe. Chicago: G.L. Shelley, 1932. Also online in Illinois Digital Archives.
• George F. Cram Company. Auto Trails and Commercial Survey of the United States. Chicago: G.F. Cram, 1922.
• National Highways Association. Map of the National Roosevelt Midland Trail. Washington: National Highways Association, 1923.
• Lost Highways: Named Auto Trails in America Circa 1924. Boise, ID?: Mark R. Everhart, 2001?.
• Map of the National Old Trails Road. Kansas City, MO: National Old Trails Road Association, 1924.
• National Map Company (Indianapolis, Ind.). Paved Road Map of the United States. Indianapolis: National Map Company, 1931.
• Scarboro's "All-In-One" Inter-State Travel and City Traffic Motorlogue. Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Co., 1935.
• Auto Trails Map, St. Louis & Vicinity via McKinley Bridge. St. Louis: AAA, 1935.
• Danzer, Gerald A. Paper Trails: Geographic Literacy via American Highway Maps. Chicago: Herman Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, 1996.