2014 Map of Portland North

About this map

The confluence of the Maple River and the Grand River anchors this central Michigan landscape, where the neighboring settlements of Muir and Lyons developed along the water's edge. This 2014 survey documents a region defined by its complex drainage network, including small tributaries like Libhart Cr, Ayers Br, and Dry Cr, which carve through the agricultural townships. The distribution of family-named burial sites such as Keefer Cem and Musser Cem alongside the more isolated Brown Grave provides essential data points for local genealogy and land-use history. Moving south through the small community of Collins toward the northern outskirts of Portland, the map reveals a well-established rural infrastructure of named roads and drains, such as Carbaugh Drain and Balderson Drain, which have long supported the area's farming economy.