1976 Map of Lilesville

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Blewett Falls Lake dominates the northeastern corner of this landscape, where the Pee Dee River flows through the border of Anson County. The terrain is defined by a dense network of forest and clearings, with the settlement of Lilesville situated in the northwestern quadrant along major transportation corridors. To the south, the smaller community of Cairo sits within a patchwork of agricultural lands and woodland. This 1976 orthophotoquad provides a clear visual record of land use and vegetation patterns during the mid-1970s, captured just before the close of the decade by the Geological Survey. The imagery reveals the intensity of local quarrying or industrial clearing near the center of the quadrangle, contrasting sharply with the surrounding timberlands and the natural flow of the Pee Dee boundary.