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1959 Map of Hillsdale

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hillsdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Hillsdale serves as the focal point of this late 1950s survey, dominated by the campus of Hillsdale College and the intersecting lines of the New York Central railroad. The urban core of Jonesville is prominent to the north along the St. Joseph River, while the southern landscape transitions into a chain of glacial water bodies including Bankers Lake, Lake Wilson, and the tripartite Sand Lake system.

Rural infrastructure is well-documented through a network of country schools and burial grounds that supported the outlying townships. Genealogists can identify localized landmarks such as the Arkansas School and Carter School, alongside numerous cemeteries like Oak Grove Cemetery and Bankers Cemetery. The map captures the region at a point of modernization, noting the Hillsdale Airport and Maple Lawn Hospital while still preserving the layout of older settlements like Bankers.