Afro-American Travel Map (1942)
A guide for negro hotels and guest houses in the eastern USA.
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United States
Maps of the US
Four British Migrations That Shaped America
Massachusetts doesn’t feel like Virginia for a reason. Between 1620 and 1770, four British regions sent settlers with completely different worldviews. East Anglian Puritans built communal New England. North Midlands Quakers created tolerant Pennsylvania. Southern English gentry ran hierarchical Virginia. Scottish-English borderers settled independent Appalachia. The map shows where they came from and where they went. American regions still reflect those origins.
Read More50 biggest U.S. cities ranked by the geographic diversity of their populations
According to seattletimes.com Among the 50 biggest U.S. cities, Seattle ranks No. 3 on the “geographic diversity index” with a
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Dominant Ancestry Map of the US and Canada
Germans cover the Midwest—41 million Americans. Wisconsin 37% German, North Dakota 36%, some counties hit 64%. Mexicans cluster along the border at 11% of Americans. African Americans dominate where plantations were. English ancestry leads Appalachia and BC. French fills Quebec and northern Maine. Montana is German, southern Saskatchewan is German. But Washington is German and British Columbia is English. Settlement timing and colonial policies created these patterns that persist today.
Read MoreUrban Scratchoff
This site gives you a clever way to explore historical aerial imagery of New York City. You can click and
Read MoreWhere the Middle-Class Metros Are Now
The share of adults in the middle-income tier was highest in Wausau, WI (67%) and lowest in Monroe, LA (42%).
Read MoreOld bird’s-eye-view maps of the Manhattan
The heart of the New York metropolitan area, Manhattan traces its roots to a trading post established by settlers from the Dutch Republic in 1624; the trading post was called New Amsterdam. Historically, Manhattan has been bought by Dutch settlers from Lenape Native Americans for 60 guilders (~$1059 in contemporary terms). The area and its neighborhoods came under the English administration in 1664 and were renamed New York.
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