1976 Map of Marston

About this map

Marston and Cognac serve as the primary nodes of settlement in this mid-1970s orthophotoquad, which uses aerial photography to detail the landscape of Scotland County. The imagery reveals a complex arrangement of dark, forested wetlands and cleared agricultural parcels characteristic of the Sandhills region. Large bodies of water like Gum Swamp Lake and Crawford Lake dominate the central and lower portions of the sheet, surrounded by dense vegetation. This format provides a literal view of land use, showing the exact boundaries of timber stands and farm fields as they appeared when the photographs were captured in early 1976. The straight lines of rural roads and potential rail corridors cut through the irregular patterns of the swampy terrain, linking these small communities to the surrounding region.