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1965 Map of Hamburg

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Hamburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The glacial chain of lakes defining the Huron River watershed dominates this mid-1960s landscape along the border of Livingston and Washtenaw Counties. Small lakeside communities such as Lakeland and Hamburg are shown alongside the corridors of the Ann Arbor RR and the Grand Trunk Road. The map reveals a mixture of conservation and institutional development, featuring the Brighton State Recreation Area and the Island Lake State Recreation Area as well as the Boys Training Camp and St Benedicts Novitiate.

Rural life south of the lake country is evidenced by the Northfield Sch and a network of secondary routes like North Territorial Road. Numerous gravel pits across the terrain highlight the local industry of the era, while the gaging station on the Huron River and various sewage disposal sites point to the mid-century infrastructure required for the growing populations around Whitmore Lake and Strawberry Lake.