1975 Map of Stetson NW

About this map

Exeter Center and the surrounding rural crossroads of Penobscot County are captured in this mid-1970s orthophotoquad, which uses aerial photography to document the landscape of central Maine. The imagery reveals a mosaic of active agricultural clearings and dense woodlots characteristic of the region's late-twentieth-century land use. Small clusters of development are concentrated at historic junctions like Morse Corners and Exeter Corners, while the southern portion of the sheet shows the residential and commercial footprint of Stetson. This specific type of survey provides a rare visual record of property lines and vegetation patterns that traditional topographic maps often generalize, showing the literal state of the fields near Spragues Mill during the autumn of 1975.