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1927 Map of Hartford

Name: 1927 Topographic Map of Hartford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Hartford serves as the primary rail hub on this 1927 survey, situated at the intersection of the Pere Marquette railroad and the Paw Paw River in Van Buren County. The landscape is defined by its agricultural and leisure development, with many small rural schoolhouses like Stickney Sch and Brague Sch serving the farming community. To the south, the Sister Lakes region, including Magician Lake and Dewey Lake, shows the early layout of resort settlements like Woodland Beach and Sandy Beach.

The survey captures the area before the modern highway system, where older thoroughfares like Territorial Road and Central Road provided the main overland connections between Keeler, Lawrence, and Glenwood. Notable landmarks from the era include the County Farm and the Red Mill, reflecting a local economy rooted in communal services and milling. The presence of numerous family-named school districts and small crossroads such as Cushing Corners provides valuable geographic context for tracing early 20th-century family locations.