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1927 Map of Bangor

Name: 1927 Topographic Map of Bangor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Bangor serves as the focal point of this southwestern Michigan landscape, situated where the Black River meets the Mill Pond. The map reveals a highly developed rural structure from the late 1920s, characterized by a dense network of country schoolhouses such as Arlington Center School, Beechdale School, and Garden of Eden School. This distribution suggests a closely knit agrarian society with small school districts serving local farmsteads.

Along the Lake Michigan shoreline, settlements like Miami Park Beach and Glenn Shores indicate the era's growing interest in lakeside recreation. The interior is crisscrossed by two major rail lines, the Pere Marquette and the Michigan Central, which intersect at Grand Junction. These railroads, alongside numerous named lakes like Saddle Lake and Little Bear Lake, defined the region's early 20th-century economy, facilitating both the transport of local produce and the arrival of seasonal visitors to area camps like Camp Channing.