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1922 Map of Flint

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Flint
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1922
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1922

About this map

The industrial and agricultural heart of Genesee County is captured just as Flint was solidifying its role as a manufacturing powerhouse. This 1922 survey reveals the dense street grid and rail infrastructure concentrated along the Flint River, including the Waterworks and the sprawling yards of the Grand Trunk Railroad. Beyond the city limits, the landscape transitions into a network of township schools and small farming settlements like Richfield Center and Rogersville.

Genealogists will find exceptional value in the distribution of rural schoolhouses, such as Wildcat School and Cottage School, which served as the social anchors for outlying communities. The map also delineates major transit corridors of the era, including the Pere Marquette Electric Road and the Saginaw and Detroit Road, showing how early 20th-century commerce moved between urban centers and the surrounding countryside.