1960 Map of Lyons

About this map

Lyons and the surrounding agricultural townships of Royalton and Chesterfield dominate this survey, which straddles the Michigan-Ohio border. The landscape is defined by a dense network of drainage and small waterways, including Bear Creek, Tenmile Creek, and Bad Creek, alongside the industrial corridor of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad. In the rural sections, the map documents a vanishing era of localized education and worship, with sites like Pratt Sch, Tubbs Sch, and the Beulah Ch serving isolated farmsteads. The settlement at Winameg and the crossroads at Seward illustrate the traditional village clusters that persisted into the early 1960s. Genealogists will find particular value in the precisely marked family and community burial grounds, such as Rose Hill Cem, Edgar Cem, and Aetna Cem.