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1967 Map of Flat Rock NE

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Flat Rock NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

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The sprawling Detroit Metropolitan-Wayne County Airport dominates the northwestern corner of this landscape during a period of rapid suburban expansion in Wayne County. While the airport represents modern transit, the surrounding townships of Taylor and Brownstown retain traces of an older, rural layout. A vast network of drainage features, including the Blakely Drain and Sexton and Kilfoil Drain, illustrates the intensive effort to manage the low-lying terrain of the Texas Marsh region.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the placement of family-named landmarks and institutions. Numerous schools such as Gordonier Sch and John F Kennedy Sch appear alongside community centers like Fellowship Ch and several small burial grounds, including Krause Cem and Kittle Cem. The infrastructure of the era is clearly defined by the Detroit Industrial Freeway and the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad lines that serve the industrial corridor near Woodhaven.