2019 Map of Metz

About this map

The Swan River meanders through this portion of Presque Isle County, where the small agricultural settlements of Metz and Hagensville anchor a landscape defined by its deep Lutheran and Catholic heritage. The map serves as an exceptional resource for genealogists, detailing numerous burial grounds including the New German Lutheran Cem, Saint Dominic's Catholic Cem, and the Old Evangelist Lutheran Cem. The rural road network, with its local highway designations like W Metz Hwy and E Ristow Hwy, reflects a long-established pattern of section-line farming. The N Eastern State Trail cuts a diagonal path across the township, following a former rail corridor that once linked these timber and farming communities. From the Metz Township Cem to the headwaters of Quinn Cr, the survey documents a quiet corner of Northern Michigan where family names are etched into the very topography of the land.