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1943 Map of Chesaning

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Chesaning
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Shiawassee River anchors this mid-century landscape, flowing north through the central corridor and connecting the industrial hub of Owosso with the riverside settlements of Oakley, Parshallburg, and Chesaning. This era reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, where nearly every section corner supports a local education site such as Pioneer Sch, Ziegler Sch, or Forest Lawn Sch. This distribution of schoolhouses across the Saginaw County and Shiawassee County border highlights the settled, agricultural character of the region during the early 1940s.

Industrial activity is noted at the Sixmile Mine near New Haven, while the Grand Trunk railroad provides the primary heavy transport link for the area's commerce. Smaller crossroads and transit points like Five Points North and Wolf Crossing indicate how local travel patterns were dictated by the river and rail lines. Other notable landmarks for genealogists include Griffus Cem and the complex drainage systems of Misteguay Creek and Bad River.