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2011 Map of Ellis Corners

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Ellis Corners serves as the central point of this rural Michigan landscape, where the agricultural grid is intersected by the winding paths of Nottawa Creek and Alder Creek. The map reveals a high concentration of small lakes and water management features, including the Yost Francisco Drain and several named bodies of water like Lee Lake and Warner Lake. These natural features dictated the early layout of farmsteads and the placement of community burial grounds.

Genealogists will find particular value in the documentation of three distinct burial sites: Newton Township Cemetery in the west, Houston Cemetery to the north, and Barrington Cemetery in the south. The road network, primarily organized by lettered drives and numbered miles, reflects the long-standing township-and-range surveying system that continues to define the borders of local properties and family farms.