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1972 Map of Lambertville West

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Lambertville West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Ottawa Lake and the vast Ottawa Lakebed anchor this 1970s landscape on the Michigan-Ohio border, where the flat terrain is defined by a dense network of agricultural drainage. The Detroit Toledo and Ironton and Penn Central railroads cut through a patchwork of small communities like Morocco, Tunnicliffe, and St Anthony. The map reveals a transition toward suburbanization around Lambertville while maintaining its rural character through established institutions like the Whiteford Agricultural High Sch and Whiteford Wesleyan Ch.

Geological features such as Big Sink and the Cranberry Marsh suggest a complex hydrological history, further evidenced by the numerous named drains including the Stacy Drain and Russell Drain. Significant land use is marked by the Petersburg State Game Management Area in the north and industrial activity at the Stone Quarry near the western edge. This survey captures the region just before the intensified expansion of the late 20th century.