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    Abstract:  	The Sanborn insurance map collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1866 to 1970. They depict the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The maps were designed to assist fire insurance agents in determining the degree of hazard associated with a particular property and therefore show the size, shape, and construction of dwellings, commercial buildings, and factories as well as fire walls, locations of windows and doors, sprinkler systems, and types of roofs. The maps also indicate widths and names of streets, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. They show the locations of water mains, giving their dimensions, and of fire alarm boxes and hydrants.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are now considered a valuable resource among professionals from a variety of disciplines - from history to geography to environmental sciences. In 1996, Sanborn’s sister company, Environmental Data Resources, Inc., took over the Sanborn Map Company’s collection and now offers an array of products. Due to copyright restrictions, Sanborn maps from 1923 and beyond are only available for a fee.

In 2007, the West Virginia GIS Technical Center undertook an extensive survey of historical map collections in West Virginia. Below, users can download a sample Sanborn map of Morgantown, WV, as well as documents (.pdf, .xls and .doc) describing the known Sanborn Fire Insurance map collections in West Virginia. 
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