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Map of Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan

Description:

Extent: 1 map

Abstract: Digital scan of the Decatur Township portion of a larger 1906 map of Van Buren County, Michigan. The county map was cut into township-sized pieces, and the pieces were later found pasted into an 1895 atlas of Van Buren County, now in the collection of the Michigan State University Map Library. Each township map cut from the 1906 county map was pasted onto a blank page opposite the map of the corresponding township in the 1895 county atlas. Shows parcel boundaries and names of property owners, Public Land Survey System township and section numbering, roads, railroads, residences, schools, churches, municipalities, and water features.

Notes: Original was cut from map: Orton, M. K. A farm map of Vanburen County, Michigan / compiled from official records and local inspection by W.H. Goss, County Surveyor ; drawn by M.K. Orton. Rockford, Ill. : W.W. Hixson, 1906.

Original was pasted into atlas: Kace Publishing Company. Illustrated atlas of Van Buren County, Michigan / compiled from official records and local inspections, by the Kace Publishing Company. Racine, Wis. : Kace Publishing Company, 1895.

Resource Link:

https://d.lib.msu.edu/maps/37

Identifier:

oai:d.lib.msu.edu:maps_37 and https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m55h7bt44

Language:

eng

Creator:

Orton, M. K. and Goss, W. H. (Warren Henry)

Publisher:

W.W. Hixson

Provider:

Michigan State University

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Real property

Temporal Coverage:

1906

Date Issued:

1906

Spatial Coverage:

Michigan

Rights:

Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF/JPEG