1983 Map of Mayfield

About this map

Traverse City anchors the northern reach of this survey, where the East Arm Grand Traverse Bay meets a landscape of rapid mid-century growth and aviation infrastructure. The map documents the Cherry Capital Municipal Airport and the adjacent US Coast Guard Air Station, while the Michigan Northern railroad corridor tracks south through the Boardman River valley. To the south, the terrain transitions into the dense woodlands of the Pere Marquette State Forest, interrupted by a complex of recreational waters including Arbutus Lake and Spider Lake. The placement of institutions like the Vocational Sch and Traverse Heights Sch near the bay illustrates the city's inland expansion during the early 1980s, while the southern settlement of Mayfield remains a quiet outpost on the edge of the Weidenhamer Swamp.