1860 Berrien County Maps & Towns

The following maps were donated to this site by Davis 'C' Ball and scanned for the website by Deanna Branson West. They are reprints of a Tri-County wall Map, published by Geil, Harley and Siverd in Philadelphia in the year1860. We have attempted to present to our viewers the best scan that we could accomplish with a grandfathered print.

County Location Codes

Location of Property Owners & Businesses

County Maps

Bainbridge Township
Benton Township
Berrien Township
Bertrand Township
Buchanan & Niles Townships
Buchanan Township
Buchanan, Bertrand & Niles Townships
Chikaming & Three Oaks Townships
Chikaming Township
Galien Township
Hagar & Benton Townships
Lake Township
New Buffalo Township

Niles Township
Oronoko Township
Pipestone Township
Royalton Township
Sodus Township
St. Joseph & Benton Townships
St. Joseph Township
Three Oaks Township
Watervliet Township
Watervliet & Bainbridge Townships
Weesaw & Galien Townships
Weesaw Township

It should be noted that some changes have been made in Berrien County since the printing of the 1860 maps:

• Hagar & Watervliet townships are now part of Hagar, Coloma, and Watervliet Townships.
• St. Joseph Township extends down into what was Royalton Township at one time.
• Royalton and Sodus Townships are now Lincoln, Royalton, and Sodus Townships.
• Lake and Oronoko Townships are now Lake, Baroda, and Oronoko Townships.

In showing these maps of the previous township divisions, it will help researchers understand that even though a family might not have moved, sometimes when townships boundaries changed, the resident might then be in a totally different township.