Before you could look up addresses on the internet, how did people find smaller locations like houses and restaurants?

Question

I know atlases and roadmaps were a lot more common, but from my understanding those give more of a broader view of a large area like major roads and stuff. If you needed to find a small subdivision or small road, how would you do that before the internet?

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Answer 1

In between maps, which everyone has covered, and GPS, you could use mapquest or similar websites (precursors to google maps) and print the turn by turn directions.

Edit: I guess the question was pretty specific before that time as well, but maybe someone will learn anyways