1976 Map of White Cloud SE

About this map

White Cloud serves as the central hub of this mid-1970s orthophotoquad, which uses aerial imagery to reveal the complex landscape of western Michigan. The contrast between the organized grid of the town site and the surrounding network of lakes and wooded wetlands provides a clear view of how development adapted to the region's glacial geography. To the southwest, the small settlement of Jugville sits near a prominent water body, illustrating the dispersed residential patterns common in the Newaygo area during this era. Because this is an orthophoto-based study, the map records the actual density of forest cover and the precise shape of the numerous unnamed kettle lakes that dot the terrain, offering a more literal representation of the 1976 land use than a traditional line-drawn topographic map.