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1962 Map of Hudson

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Hudson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The city of Hudson serves as the focal point for this region of Lenawee County, where the New York Central rail line reflects the area's transition toward the end of the twentieth century. While the line through town is noted as abandoned, the landscape remains defined by its agricultural and civic foundations, including the Lincoln Sch, High Sch, and the Athletic Field. To the east, the creation of Lake Hudson at a normal pool elevation of 841 feet represents a significant man-made alteration to the drainage patterns of Bear Creek and Henning Drain.

Rural life is anchored by smaller communities such as Medina, Prattville, and Lime Creek, each surrounded by family-named landmarks and essential local sites like the Grange Hall and Townhall. Genealogists will find high value in the numerous burial grounds documented across the townships, from the large Maple Grove Cemetery and Calvary Cem near the city center to the more remote Brown Cem and Whitney Cem. Numerous gravel pits and an Oil Well near Medina indicate the persistent local extraction industries that operated alongside the farms.