1976 Map of Melbourne NW

About this map

Oxford sits as the central focal point of this 1970s orthophotoquad, which captures the rural landscape of Izard County using aerial imagery from January 1976. This specific type of survey provides a photographic record of land use and timber distribution that standard topographic maps often omit. In the northeastern corner, the Strawberry River winds through the hills, its course clearly visible through the density of riparian vegetation. The map reveals a mosaic of cleared agricultural parcels and dense Ozark woodlands, showing the development of rural roads and homesteads centered around the settlement at Oxford. Because this is an orthophotograph, it preserves the exact visual state of the ground cover and farmstead footprints just before the late 1970s.