1976 Map of Hanford

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Hanford serves as the primary urban center for this mid-1970s orthophoto quadrangle, showing the distinct density of the city's residential and commercial grid against the surrounding agricultural expanse of the San Joaquin Valley. The high-contrast aerial imagery captures the sharp boundary where the developed streets of Hanford meet the massive, geometric patchwork of cultivated fields. To the west, the smaller community of Armona sits along the rail and highway corridor, while Grangeville appears as a small cluster at the northern edge of this irrigation-dependent landscape. The dominance of large-scale farming is evident in the sprawling, dark-toned acreage that fills the majority of the sheet, intersected by the straight lines of rural roads and State Route 198. This specialized view provides researchers a clear look at the precise layout of Kings County orchards and row crops during a period of significant agricultural production.