Websites that have links to historic, digitized maps that include the Adirondacks and northern New York, compiled by John Sasso

NYS Archives Digital Collections

New York Public Library Digital Collections

Library of Congress

Adirondack Atlas

Adirondack Mountains Historic Maps from Harvard University's WorldMap

David Rumsey Map Collection

Historic USGS Maps

USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer

Old Maps Online

Survey maps of lands in New York State, New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor.

Historic Map Works
 

Historic Maps of New York State from Stony Brook University
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/nymaps.htm
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/nypath2.htm
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/nypath3.htm
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/nypath4.htm
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/nypath5.htm

Caltopo (Overlay old USGS maps)
 

Historical county boundaries of New York State, including a chronology of state and county boundaries, put together by The Newberry Library
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/pages/New_York.html
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/map/map.html#NY
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NY_Consolidated_Chronology.htm#Consolidated_Chronology
http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies

Interactive Map of New York County Formation History Use the <prev and next> buttons to view the formation of NY counties over the years, including a brief description of the changes
 

New York County Creation Dates and Parent Counties