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1964 Map of Edmore

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Edmore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The village of Edmore serves as the central hub for this mid-1960s survey of central Michigan, situated where the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad line meets a landscape of extensive wetlands and small glacial lakes. The village layout is densely detailed, showing the Vinewood Cem and St Mary Ch alongside commercial rail sidings and industrial gravel pits. This era captures the region's transition between agricultural roots and the preservation of the Edmore State Game Area, which dominates the western half of the map with its network of water bodies like Mud Lake, Sixth Lake, and Fifth Lake.

Smaller crossroads settlements such as Wyman and Jerseyville anchor the surrounding rural townships of Rolland and Home. The map provides significant genealogical and local history detail, identifying specific landmarks like the Cutler Savage Ch and Home Cem north of the main village. The presence of numerous gravel pits and scattered oil and gas wells reflects the mid-century extractive economy that operated alongside traditional farming on the fringes of the state game lands.