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1943 Map of Clarkston

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Clarkston and the surrounding townships of Springfield and Waterford appear in this early 1940s survey as a landscape defined by an intricate network of glacial lakes and the emerging infrastructure of mid-century Oakland County. The Grand Trunk Western railroad serves as a primary corridor, connecting settlements like Andersonville and Drayton Plains while passing near the Clarkston Sta Sch. The area is notably water-rich, featuring large bodies such as Pontiac Lake, Maceday Lake, and Lotus Lake, alongside the specialized Hatchery near Huntoon Lake.

Social and civic life is anchored by local institutions like the Clarkston High Sch and St Patricks Ch. Significant recreational and industrial footprints are visible through the Pontiac Municipal Airport, the Pontiac Gun Club, and the Dodge Bros State Park No 4. This era also shows the early development of residential tracts such as Crescent Lake Estates and the presence of numerous small schools like Fair Sch and Dublin Sch, reflecting a distributed rural population before more intensive suburbanization.