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2019 Map of Shields

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Shields
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Tittabawassee River carves a winding path through this Saginaw County landscape, anchoring a network of historic rural settlements including Shields, Shattuckville, and Lawndale. The map reveals a high concentration of burial grounds and civic history, notably the Saginaw County Poor Farm and its associated Saginaw County Poor Farm Cem. These sites, along with the German Lutheran Church Cem and Lawndale Cem, provide a dense record of early community development and genealogy along the river corridor.

Industrial and agricultural patterns are evidenced by the complex drainage system, including Dice Drain and Huffman Drain, which manage the low-lying terrain near Frost and Dice. The convergence of transportation routes and water at Paines and the southern Swan Creek settlement highlights the historical importance of these junctions for the local economy before the shift toward modern residential subdivisions seen in the northeastern reaches.