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1967 Map of Ypsilanti East

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ypsilanti East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Ypsilanti and its eastern industrial corridor are defined by the transition from collegiate life at Eastern Michigan University to the massive infrastructure of Willow Run Airport. This survey, photorevised in the early 1970s, shows the area as a hub of mid-century transport and manufacturing, where the Huron River is impounded by the Ford Dam to form Ford Lake and Belleville Lake. The landscape is a mosaic of suburban expansion in Eastlawn and older agricultural pockets near Willis.

Genealogists can locate several family-named landmarks and rural burial grounds such as Alban Cem and Childs Cem. The rail lines of the Penn Central and Norfolk and Western cut through the terrain, supporting the region's industrial growth. From the sprawling University Of Michigan Institute Of Science And Technology to small country crossroads like Whittaker, the map documents a period of significant land-use change in southeastern Michigan.