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1936 Map of Stony Point

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Stony Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Lake Erie’s western shore reveals a landscape of developing summer communities and rural school districts in this mid-1930s survey. Stretching from Oldport down to Detroit Beach, the shoreline is punctuated by early vacation enclaves such as Lagoona Beach and Woodland Beach. Inland, the townships of Frenchtown and Berlin are defined by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, including Scrabble Hollow Sch, Bomya Sch, and Webb Sch, which served the farming families of the Monroe area.

Transport and industry are prominent, with three major rail lines—the Michigan Central RR, the New York Central and St. Louis RR, and the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line RR—running parallel to the coast. The drainage of the low-lying lakefront is evident through systems like the Miller and Malosh Drain and Stone Crusher Drain, while landmarks like the Silver Age Airport and Monroe Country Club reflect the era’s recreational expansion near the River Raisin.