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1961 Map of Banfield

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Banfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Fine Lake and Fair Lake dominate this glacial landscape where Barry, Kalamazoo, and Calhoun counties meet. This mid-century record captures a rural community defined by its water bodies and scattered educational institutions, including the Banfield Sch and Burroughs Sch. The settlement of Banfield serves as a central point, supported by local infrastructure like the Banfield Cem and several Gravel Pits that suggest local industry.

Large wetlands such as Long Swamp and Blackman Swamp frame the area, illustrating the natural drainage patterns before modern development altered much of the regional topography. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of rural schoolhouses and family-named landmarks like Bristol Corners and Stony Lake Cem, providing a spatial context for 20th-century family histories in Johnstown and Bedford townships.