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James, Michigan Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore James, Michigan from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures James building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in James, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed James artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves James. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of James brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of James, Michigan from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the James map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks3
- Paines
- Swan Creek
- Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
Streets and roads25
- Swan Creek Road
- Willing Road
- South River Road
- Stroebel Road
- South Miller Road
- Hart Road
- Ederer Road
- Trinklein Road
- Weigl Road
- South Center Road
- Van Wormer Road
- Gasper Road
- Clausedale Road
- West Townline Road
- Birchview Drive
- Dutch Road
- Jarabec Road
- Swan Crk Road
- McDonagh Drive
- Lavona Drive
- Fargo Place
- Norma Jean Drive
- Sierra Drive
- Pointer Drive
- Strieter Drive
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About James, Michigan
James is a township of 1,792 people in Saginaw County, bounded in part by the Tittabawassee River down to where it meets the Shiawassee. It began as part of Swan Creek Township, and in 1874 a group of 14 freeholders living in that corner asked the county board to make it a township of its own. The board agreed on Oct. 22, 1874, and set the land off under the name James.
The first township meeting took place on April 5, 1875, in the schoolhouse on section 6, which had been Swan Creek's school district number one. Voters chose Edwin S. Dunbar as supervisor, Jacob Zieroff as clerk and Joseph Zieroff as treasurer. Within a few years the new township counted 572 people on its 18 sections.
“The first white settler in James Township, according to early records, was Hugh McCullough who made the first clearing and put up the first log cabin south of the Tittabawassee.”
- A $4,200 toll bridgeIn 1870 the township paid $4,200 to build a toll bridge across the Tittabawassee. Hugh McCullough, the first settler, had died in 1852, and Thomas Blower came to be known as the oldest settler still living.
- Killed by a falling treeFelix Heinrich was one of the two justices chosen at the first township meeting in 1875. On May 31, 1876, he was heading home from Saginaw City in a storm when a large tree came down and crushed him.
- One school, 103 childrenMiss Adams taught the township's first school, and Miss Sarah Ludlow was teaching in 1861. Years later James still had just one school, taught by Miss Cora Lacy, with 103 children in its district and 18 more in a fractional district.
- From County Mayo to section 31James Murphy, born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1837, traded cattle across much of Ireland before he sailed on April 9, 1863. He made bricks near Ann Arbor for two years and in Saginaw County for 11 more, then bought 168 acres on section 31 in 1874 and settled down to farm.
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
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