Vintage Wisconsin Sanborn Fire Insurance Map background with black silhouette of Wisconsin state and text promoting historic Wisconsin maps — over 5,000 available at hometownhistorymaps.com

Discover Historic Wisconsin: Over 5,000 Vintage Sanborn Maps & More Now Available!

We’re excited to share that we now offer over 5,000 historic Wisconsin map prints, including Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, old Wisconsin town maps, and vintage Birds Eye view maps from the late 1800s & early 1900s.

These incredible maps were once used for insurance and building assessment, but today they serve as a window into Wisconsin’s history — showing streets, barns, railroads, mills, breweries, storefronts, neighborhoods and factories exactly as they appeared over a century ago.

Whether you’re searching for old maps of Milwaukee, vintage maps of small Wisconsin towns, railroad-era community maps, or historic map art for your wall, you’ll find it here.

📦 Available as:

  • Single map sheets — block-level detail, perfect for framing
  • Complete map sets — multiple sheets showing the full town layout

🖼 Ideal for:

  • Vintage wall décor
  • Business owners located in historic buildings wanting to display original-era maps
  • Genealogy & ancestry research
  • Wisconsin history collections
  • Home, office, school or museum displays
  • Unique gifts for Wisconsin natives & families

Every print is made to order and shipped from Iowa, keeping historic map art affordable, accessible, and ready to hang — not locked inside libraries or scans.

See some examples below of the art, detail & beauty of these maps!

1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Janesville, Wisconsin – decorative title page with ornate lettering, color-coded city blocks, street grid, and full index layout.
1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map – Janesville, Wisconsin Sheet 2 showing Rock River, railroad tracks, industrial factories, brewery buildings, and surrounding residential blocks.
1895 Janesville Wisconsin downtown Sanborn Fire Map – Sheet 4 featuring Main Street commercial district, shops, brick buildings, street layout, and business labels.
Framed 1895 Janesville Wisconsin Sanborn Fire Insurance Map print displayed as wall décor in a modern room mockup with plants and seating.


Wisconsin Map Collection

Find maps by location — click your county to explore towns & years 🔍

Explore historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and vintage map prints from towns and cities across Wisconsin. These detailed fire-insurance maps from the late 1800s and early 1900s capture Wisconsin’s lumber towns, railroad hubs, lake communities, mill villages, and growing cities exactly as they appeared over a century ago. From early Milwaukee neighborhoods to small paper-mill towns — and even Baraboo, once home to the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus winter quarters — these maps offer a fascinating historic look at Wisconsin’s past.

Perfect for wall décor, genealogy research, classroom displays, Wisconsin history collections, or meaningful vintage artwork from your own hometown.

Browse Wisconsin by County

Explore historic Sanborn Fire Insurance map prints from all Wisconsin counties. Click a county to view available town maps and vintage map reprints.

 

Why Wisconsin Maps Matter

Sanborn maps were the Google Maps of 1880–1920, capturing communities on the cusp of industry — logging, railroads, shipping, dairy, agriculture, immigration and urban growth.

Our mission is to bring these historic Wisconsin maps back to everyday people — so families, business owners, students and all history lovers can see where life happened.

🛒 Start exploring here →
Wisconsin Map Collection

— Hometown History Maps Team

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