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1922 Map of Schoolcraft

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Schoolcraft
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The village of Schoolcraft and the industrial hub of Vicksburg anchor this 1922 survey of southwestern Michigan, revealing a landscape defined by an intricate network of glacial lakes and intersecting railroads. The transit corridors are notably dense, featuring the Grand Trunk (Kalamazoo Br) RR and the Pennsylvania RR, alongside a stretch of the Michigan Central RR marked as abandoned by the early 1920s.

Rural life is meticulously documented through dozens of named district schools, such as Lost Island School and Prairie Grove School, and small crossroads settlements like Texas Corners and Indian Field Corners. The map illustrates the specialized agricultural and residential patterns around the larger water bodies, including Austin Lake and Long Lake, where Ramona Park indicates early lakeside development. From the prairie lands of Prairie Ronde to the wetlands feeding Flowerfield Creek, the topography captures the transition from open farming country to the wooded lake districts south of Kalamazoo.