1977 Map of Mansfield NE

About this map

Hartville sits at the northern edge of this Wright County landscape, captured in a 1977 orthophotograph that reveals the intricate patterns of mid-Missouri agriculture and woodland. The Gasconade River winds diagonally across the terrain, its valley floor clearly marked by the concentrated patchwork of cleared fields that follow the water's path. Unlike standard topographic maps, this imagery-based study produced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service offers a direct view of the land surface as it appeared in the late 1970s. Researchers can examine the specific density of forest cover and the layout of rural farmsteads and road networks that radiate away from the river banks and the primary settlement of Hartville.