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

Hagstrom still makes binder type books by county. You’d have to know the street and town you were looking for then drive down the block reading house numbers. Carried at least 4 or 5 in my van for north NJ, southern NY