1960 Map of Assumption

About this map

The agricultural plains along the Lenawee and Fulton County line are documented here during a period of steady rural character. The settlement of Metamora serves as a local hub, situated where the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad line crosses Tenmile Creek. The landscape is defined by its rectilinear grid of section lines and township boundaries, including Royalton, Amboy, and Richfield. Genealogists will find several distinct burial grounds, such as Peebles Cem and Township Cem, which anchor the surrounding farmsteads. South of the village, smaller communities like Assumption and Lytton appear amidst a network of natural and man-made waterways, including the Metamora Reservoir and numerous drainage structures like the Mc Nett ditch. The presence of pipelines cutting diagonally across the section grid suggests the infrastructure development that paralleled the mid-century farming economy.