Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps of Muncie, Indiana Collection consists of 200 maps depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of the city from 1883 through 1911. The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company® to assist fire insurance agents in determining the degree of hazard and establish premiums for particular properties. Today these maps are used by researchers in a variety of fields, including history, urban planning, historic preservation, and genealogy.

For more information on Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps, an online tutorial entitled "Maps and Cartography: Using Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps" is available under related links and on the BSU Geospatial Resources and Map Collections website. Specific instructions on how to search this collection in the Digital Media Repository are also available. Ball State University Libraries also has Sanborn Maps of Muncie from 1954, 1955, and 1965 as well as for additional cities in Indiana and the United States. Listings for these maps are available in CardCat.

"Sanborn", "Sanborn Map", "Sanborn Map Company", and "Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps" are recognized trademarks of the Sanborn Map Company, a subsidiary of Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR). The presentation of historic Sanborn® Fire Insurance Company maps of Muncie, Indiana on this site is in no way connected with either the Sanborn Map Company or Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

Use the Sanborn Locator Google Map to find the maps available for each year using today's road network.