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1945 Map of Richmond

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Richmond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The municipal hub of Richmond and the adjacent settlement of Lenox anchor the eastern landscape of this 1944 survey, where the Grand Trunk Western railroad corridor creates a diagonal axis across the fertile Macomb County terrain. The region is defined by an extensive system of agricultural drainage, including the Norton Drain, Harrison Drain, and Coon Creek, supporting a dense network of family farms and rural homesteads.

Educational life is remarkably distributed across the countryside, with numerous one-room schoolhouses like Richards Sch, Highbank Sch, and Barringer Sch serving local districts. Cemeteries such as Town Cemetery and Willow Grove Cem provide essential touchpoints for genealogical research. The presence of the Gravel Pit near Armada and the Sewage Disposal facility near Richmond reflect the growing infrastructure of the mid-1940s, as traditional agrarian life began to integrate with modern municipal services.