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1912 Map of Monroe

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Monroe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

The Raisin River corridor dominates this 1912 military reconnaissance, illustrating a period of intensive rail development along the Michigan shoreline. The city of Monroe sits at a critical junction where the river meets the marshlands of Lake Erie, surrounded by a dense network of competing lines including the Pere Marquette R. R. and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R. To the north, the small settlement at Newport and the Brest P.O. coastal landing anchor the township of Berlin.

Coastal geography is intricately detailed from Point aux Peaux south to N. Maumee Lake. This survey captures the rural landscape of Frenchtown and Erie just as modern concrete roads, noted in the legend, began to supplement the established iron-and-water transport routes. Family-named water features like Mulhollen Cr. and Woodchuck Creek provide specific points of interest for local historians and genealogists tracking the development of Monroe County.