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2017 Map of Rome Center

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Rome Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Rome Center sits at the heart of this Lenawee County landscape, where the agricultural geometry of southeastern Michigan is defined by a complex network of managed waterways and family-named landmarks. The terrain is crisscrossed by historical agricultural infrastructure, including the Wallace Drain, Pickford Drain, and Stoddard Drain, which channel water toward the S Br River Raisin in the southwest.

Genealogists will find significant value in the high density of burial grounds distributed across the townships, such as the Halstead Farm Cem, Bates Farm Cem, and several municipal sites like North Rome Cem and East Rome Cem. These sites, along with the proximity of Manitou Beach-Devils Lake and Onsted, illustrate the transition from early pioneer farmstead clusters to the established rural communities of the early twenty-first century.