1930 Map of South Haven

About this map

The Lake Michigan shoreline dominates this 1930 edition, showing the coastal development of Van Buren County just before the Great Depression. South Haven serves as the primary hub, where the Black River meets the lake and the Michigan Central RR terminates near the harbor. The map documents an era of burgeoning lakeside recreation and local education, evidenced by numerous beach settlements like Miami Park Beach and South Haven Highlands, alongside rural institutions such as Deerlick Sch and Law Sch. Further south, the dunes and hills around Van Buren State Park and Thunder Mtn rise above the coast, while the inland village of Covert is established along the Pere Marquette Highway, anchoring a landscape of small orchards and scattered homesteads.