1976 Map of Winnsboro NW

About this map

Agricultural patterns and meandering watercourses dominate the landscape of Franklin Parish in this orthophotomap derived from 1976 aerial photography. The residential and commercial footprint of Winnsboro occupies the southwestern portion of the sheet, where organized street grids meet the surrounding farmland. The imagery reveals the intricate drainage and oxbow patterns typical of the Louisiana delta, showing the clear boundary between cultivated fields and the remaining wooded tracts following the bayous. Produced in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Public Works, this document provides a high-resolution visual record of the region's land use and hydrology during the mid-1970s, before decades of further development and agricultural shift changed these rural boundaries.