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1936 Map of Waldenburg

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

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The agrarian landscape of central Macomb County is meticulously documented in this 1936 study, conducted by the State Highway Department under commissioner Murray D. Van Wagoner. The map reveals a dense network of country schools that anchored these rural communities, including Prestonville Sch, Whitney Sch, and Town Line Sch, alongside religious landmarks like St Peters Ch and the Lutheran Ch.

Settlement patterns follow the drainage of the North Branch Clinton River and its many man-made tributaries such as the Mc Bride Drain and Healy Brook. Small hamlets like Waldenburg and Macomb are shown at a crossroads stage of development, with the Macomb Center Cem and family-named infrastructure like Preston Corners providing essential data for genealogists tracing the early 20th-century inhabitants of Washington and Shelby townships.