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1969 Map of Denton

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Denton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Huron River corridor and the developing suburbs between Ypsilanti and Canton dominate this 1969 topographic survey. The landscape is a transition from the established institutional grounds of E Mich Univ and Highland Cemetery to the rural townships of Salem and Superior. Evidence of early community life is visible in small nodes like Cherry Hill and Denton, alongside numerous family and church burial grounds including Pray Cem and Kinyon Cem.

Infrastructure shifts are captured through the presence of Willow Run and the emerging campus of Washtenaw Community College. Water drainage patterns, critical to the region's agricultural history, are meticulously documented through systems like Fellows Creek and Crippen Drain. The map also records mid-century leisure and utility features, from the Drive-in Theater near the Wayne County line to the Fox Hills Country Club in the north.