1985 Map of Woodville NE

About this map

Manistee National Forest covers much of this landscape, where the wooded terrain of Norwich and Barton townships meets the expanding industrial and recreational fringes of Big Rapids. The 1980s infrastructure reflects a period of transition, featuring a Drive-In Theater, a Trailer Park, and the Roben-Hood Airport on the city's outskirts. Evidence of the region’s earlier industrial past is preserved in the form of an Old R.R. Grade and numerous extraction sites, including a Borrow Pit and various Gravel Pits. Water resources are abundant, from the secluded Hungerford Lake and Bisel Lake to the meandering courses of Dalziel Creek and Mitchell Creek. This document captures the intersection of public forest lands and late-twentieth-century development, including a significant Hwy Under Construction that signals the modernizing transit network between Newaygo and Mecosta counties.