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1949 Map of Spring Arbor

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Spring Arbor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The North Branch Kalamazoo River and South Branch Kalamazoo River wind through this central Michigan landscape, defining a region where early rural infrastructure remained firmly intact during the late 1940s. The area is anchored by several established villages like Concord and Spring Arbor, where the New York Central railroad provided critical transit links for agricultural goods.

Genealogists and local researchers will find a dense network of one-room schoolhouses and small family-named cemeteries, including the Snyder Sch, Humphrey Sch, and Bayn Cem. The transition from Calhoun and Jackson counties into Hillsdale County reveals a pattern of dispersed homesteads and small-scale industry, such as the Gravel Pit near Mill Pond. This survey preserves the exact locations of many named landmarks like Stoney Point and Moscow Plains Ch that helped organize the community before modern highway expansion and school consolidation shifted the local geography.