1976 Map of Niagara

About this map

Moore County's wooded landscapes and agricultural clearances are revealed in high detail through this orthophotoquad produced by the Soil Conservation Service and the Geological Survey. The dominant geographic marker is Lake Niagara, situated in the northern section of the map where the terrain begins to transition into more concentrated residential and commercial patterns. Because this is an orthophotograph rather than a traditional line-and-symbol map, it provides an unfiltered visual record of the 1970s land use, showing the specific layout of farmsteads, winding country roads, and the density of the surrounding pine forests before subsequent decades of development altered the rural character of this North Carolina region.