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2014 Map of Pompeii

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Pompeii
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Pompeii and North Star anchor this survey of south-central Gratiot County, where the landscape is defined by a rigorous grid of section lines and an extensive network of agricultural drainage. The southern portion of the quadrangle is shaped by the winding course of the Maple River, which creates a broader floodplain near Bridgeville contrasted against the rectilinear fields to the north. Smaller watercourses such as Bear Cr and Bad River thread through the township, supplemented by man-made channels like the Cook and Duncan Drain and Nile Drain.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial sites scattered across the township, including Barnes Cem, N Star Cem, and Fritz Cem. These sites, along with the settlement at Ola, mark the enduring rural footprint of the region's 19th-century pioneers and later farming families. The map clearly delineates the transition between t10n r3w and adjoining survey townships, providing a clear spatial record of Michigan's interior land divisions.