1976 Map of Kings Mountain

About this map

Kings Mountain sits in the northwestern corner of this 1970s orthophotoquad, showing a transition between industrial excavation and the dense forest of the Piedmont. The aerial perspective, captured in early 1976, reveals large open-pit mining operations and cleared tracts that define the local economy south of the urban center. Unlike a traditional topographic map, this imagery records the actual land usage of the era, from the geometric patterns of residential development to the sprawling timberlands and agricultural clearings near Henry Knob in the south.