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1971 Map of Jackson South

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Jackson South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Jackson expands southward in the early 1970s, transitioning from the dense urban core near City Hall to the sprawling suburbs of Summit and Liberty. The Grand River snakes through the landscape, flanked by established municipal landmarks like Mount Evergreen Cem and the Sparks Foundation County Park. This era of development is marked by the presence of numerous educational institutions, from local elementary schools like Harrington Sch to the expansive campus of Jackson Community College.

Transportation and utility networks are prominent, featuring the Penn Central rail lines and a major Pipeline cutting across the southern sections near South Jackson. The southern half of the map remains largely rural with scattered water bodies including Mercedes Lake and Brown Lake, alongside the prominent residential and recreational hub at Vandercook Lake. This document illustrates a specific moment of post-war growth when residential neighborhoods began to fill the spaces between historic family-named roads like Bunting Road and Reynolds Road.