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1967 Map of Essexville

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Essexville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The industrial and maritime landscape of the Saginaw River dominates this late-1960s study, where the city of Bay City meets the southern edge of Saginaw Bay. The urban core is detailed with local institutions like Central High School and Thomas Jefferson School, while the eastern expansion into Essexville shows a transition from municipal infrastructure, such as the sewage disposal plants and Dow Field, to the organized fairways of the Bay County Country Club.

Logistics and transport define the surrounding township lands, with the Penn Central and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads cutting through a grid of drainage canals. Extensive agricultural drainage systems like the Walther Drain and Halstead Drain suggest a heavily managed wetland environment. To the south, the map documents smaller clusters like Trombley and the cemetery grounds of Elm Lawn Cemetery and Floral Gardens Cemetery, providing a clear record of local land use before later suburban development.