Cleveland Historical Cartographic Development

• From surveying & mapping, 2 key concepts emerge:

– Framing

– Layering

“Framing”

As larger parcels are divided into smaller ones and conveyed to different owners, they tend to have separate histories thereafter, meaning the original boundaries of the earlier parcels tend to remain and nest later parcels within them.

Each square= 5 miles

Three-part plan of Cleveland

• Original survey of the Village of Cleveland, laid out in 1796-7, by Moses Cleaveland’s party.

• In-Lots, Out-Lots and 100-acre Lots.

• Surrounded by the townships (and lake)

• Key feature of Cleveland’s layout!

The In-Lots, or 2-AC Lots

Spafford’s map of 1801

• (This is a drawing of Spafford’s original map)

• Amos Spafford drafted his map to show the work he did in the summer of 1801, finalizing the original surveys of 1796-97.

• Most, if not all, of this layout survives today.

The Out-Lots, or 10-AC Lots

The 100-AC Lots

“Layering”

-Layers are data themes that are present on maps.-Layers can be associated with each other to convey information.

The real world consists of many geographies that become layers

What layers are present on the following maps?

Cleveland Plain Dealer 01/25/09