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1952 Map of Memphis

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Memphis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Memphis sits at the junction of the St Clair Co Macomb Co line, serving as a focal point for this 1952 study of the Michigan thumb region. The town is situated along the banks of the Belle River, which winds prominently through the center of the sheet. Further north, the Grand Trunk railroad cuts through Emmett, marking a critical transportation corridor for the rural agricultural landscape.

A dense network of local schools, such as Pound Hill Sch and Bearss Sch, suggests a well-distributed rural population organized around small educational districts. Numerous family-named roads, including Messmer Rd and Griffin Road, grid the area between the smaller settlements of Riley Center and Tallmadge. This map records a mid-century agricultural community before the modernization of the local school systems and the consolidation of rural farmsteads.