Pastmaps — Historical Maps Overlaid on the Modern World
Drag the opacity slider to watch the landscape transform. See what vanished, what survived, and what changed. Find the house that used to stand on your land, the creek that got buried, or the road your ancestors walked. MADE FOR EXPLORERS LIKE YOU Discover when your home was built, what used to be on your land, and how your neighborhood transformed over the decades. Old maps reveal vanished structures, rerouted waterways, and forgotten landmarks hiding in plain sight. “I stared at maps last night for a long time. These brick columns pre-date the current street grid, from when there was a road here that no longer exists. This is a big breakthrough!” — Trevor S. See the exact neighborhood your great-grandparents lived in. Find the church where they married, the school their children attended, the roads that shaped their daily lives. “I was looking for the name of a rural school where my mother attended about 1915. I found the school on your map — with the name attached!” — Orville H. Loc