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1967 Map of Birch Run North

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Birch Run North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Cass River winds across this Saginaw County landscape, dividing the agricultural townships of Bridgeport and Frankenmuth. This 1967 survey captures a period of significant automotive influence, anchored by the Dixie Highway and the Dixie Highway Racetrack. To the north, the village of Frankenmuth begins to take shape around St Lorenz Ch, while the southern reaches near Birch Run show a transition toward more intensive industrial and transit infrastructure, including several Weight Stations and the Chesapeake and Ohio railway corridor.

Rural life is evidenced by a network of family-named roads like Mc Grandy Road and Reimer Road, alongside essential community markers such as Pine Grove Cem and Birch Run Cem. The map provides excellent detail for genealogists tracing local families in Taymouth or researchers interested in the mid-century evolution of Michigan’s sugar beet and manufacturing heartland, where recreational sites like Camp Kiwanis sit adjacent to working Sandpits.