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2019 Map of Southwest Albion

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

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Albion and Homer anchor this 2019 survey of Calhoun County, Michigan, where the headwaters of two major river systems nearly meet. The South Branch Kalamazoo River flows northward toward the main channel of the Kalamazoo River, while the Saint Joseph River appears in the southern reaches near Clarendon. This landscape is defined by its glacial hydrology, featuring numerous agricultural drainage systems like the Ball and Patterson Drain and Lampson Run Drain that navigate the low-lying terrain between small rises.

Genealogists will find a wealth of burial records preserved across the township lines, including Riverside Cem in the north and the isolated Bryant - Ketchum Cem near Babcock. The intersection of rural life and transportation is evident in the transition from the city streets of Albion to the crossroads at Eckford and Condit, all connected by a rigid grid of mile roads that frame established farmsteads and cemeteries such as Cooks Prairie Cem.