1975 Map of Cowpens NW

About this map

The Broad River winds through the northern portion of this Spartanburg County landscape, revealing the agricultural and forested character of the South Carolina and North Carolina borderlands in the mid-1970s. This orthophotoquad provides an aerial perspective of the rural countryside, where small clusters of settlement like Cooley Springs and Fingerville serve as local hubs for the surrounding farmsteads. The image-based format captures the precise land-use patterns of the era, illustrating the distribution of timbered ridges and cleared fields. To the northeast, the settlement of Harris sits near the river, showing the relationship between early water-access points and the development of crossroads communities. The map serves as a valuable tool for understanding the mid-century spatial arrangement of this Upstate region before modern suburban expansion began to alter the traditional Piedmont landscape.