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1934 Map of Sanford

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Sanford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Tittabawassee River and its major tributaries, including the Salt River and Chippewa River, dominate this mid-Michigan landscape surveyed in 1934. The town of Sanford sits at a geographic pivot point where the river widens into Sanford Lake, flanked by the Sanford Wild Life Refuge. This era captures a transition in transportation, showing the Pere Marquette railroad line alongside developing motor routes like U S Highway 10.

Rural life is densely recorded through a network of one-room schoolhouses, such as St Elmo Sch, Riverside Sch, and Bishop Sch. The drainage of the till plain is evidenced by an extensive system of named channels like Hope Drain and Bensch Drain, reflecting the engineering required to support agricultural settlements in townships such as Lincoln and Homer. Genealogists will find numerous family-named landmarks and local burial grounds like Larkin Cem and Ryan Cem.