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1910 Map of Fowlerville

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Fowlerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The Pere Marquette RR and the Detroit and Grand Rapids Line define the economic corridor of this central Michigan landscape, connecting the village of Fowlerville to the wider region. This 1910 survey reveals a densely partitioned rural interior where small community centers like Webberville, White Oak, and Vantown served as local hubs. The terrain is characterized by a high concentration of country schools, including uniquely named institutions like Podunk School, Breakoday School, and Hogback School, reflecting the social infrastructure of early 20th-century township life.

Water systems like the Cedar River and Squaw Creek drain a landscape dotted with numerous small lakes, such as Sabine Lake and Chase Lake. For genealogists and local historians, the map's precise placement of isolated schools and settlements like Millville and Iosco provides an essential record of the Ingham and Livingston county borderlands before modern development altered these rural school districts and farmstead patterns.