Explore Columbiaville, Michigan, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Columbiaville, Michigan. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Michigan or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Columbiaville.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Columbiaville |
| State | Michigan (MI) |
| County | Lapeer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| Latitude | 43.156693 |
| Longitude | -83.410505 |
| Population | 702 |
| Density | 307.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 48421 |
| Area Code | 248 |
| County Seat | Lapeer |
| School District | Lakeville Community Schools |
Columbiaville occupies a modest expanse of the Michigan interior where the Flint River curves with a deliberate, slow-moving purpose through the surrounding lowlands. It lies 10.9 miles east-northeast of Genesee, MI (from Genesee, MI: bearing 74°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northwest of Lapeer. The air here holds a crisp, persistent chill that seems to linger even as the sun climbs, casting long, sharp shadows across the flat terrain. Only two miles distant, the waters of Holloway Reservoir collect the runoff of the seasons, maintaining a quiet, glassy surface that mirrors the shifting gray of the Midwestern sky. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the landscape stretches out in a patchwork of fields and woodlots, offering a terrain defined more by its steady, horizontal reach than by any dramatic verticality.
History in Columbiaville remains etched into the foundation of the local mills and the stubborn endurance of its original grid, reflecting a past built on the steady extraction of timber and the promise of the railroad. The economy has long since moved away from the clamor of the sawmills, shifting toward a quieter rhythm where the pace of daily life is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic output of the factory floor. Residents often find their way to the City of Flint Park, a green refuge that serves as a communal anchor, or venture further afield to walk the length of the Grass Lake Trail. Despite the encroaching quiet of the modern era, Columbiaville retains a distinct, unyielding character, anchored by the persistent flow of the water and the enduring, practical architecture of its earliest settlers.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Columbiaville, Michigan. Coordinates: 43.156693, -83.410505. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Columbiaville includes the ZIP code (48421), telephone area code (248), county seat of Lapeer County (Lapeer), and school district assignment (Lakeville Community Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |