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2011 Map of Dansville

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Dansville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Dansville serves as the primary hub in this portion of Ingham County, situated at a junction where the local road grid tightens around Fairview Cemetery. The landscape is defined by a dense network of country roads—such as Waldo Rd, N Meridian Rd, and S Williamston Rd—that service the surrounding agricultural tracts. Small water bodies and drainage systems including Hewes Lake, Ewers Lake, and the meandering Deer Creek influence the local topography and property boundaries.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial grounds, including Spalding Cemetery to the north and Howard Cemetery and Reeves Cemetery to the south. These sites, along with the settlement at Pollok, provide essential anchors for tracing 19th and 20th-century family movements through Ingham Township. The transition from established farmsteads to natural wetlands is evident along the banks of Batteese Creek and Mud Creek.