Closer Look: North Carolina’s Historic Inventory

Written By Sarah Castillo

HPoWeb 2.0 is the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office's GIS web service designed to aid in planning and research. This tool provides detailed information about historic resources across the state, including site locations and boundaries drawn from various sources like National Register maps, aerial photography, and county tax parcel layers.

Key Features:

  • Interactive Map: Users can search for historic resources by name, description, or site ID.

  • Zoom Tools: Allows zooming to specific locations like USGS quadrangles or customized bookmarks.

  • Drawing Tools: Enables annotation, buffering, and measuring distances or areas.

  • Legend and Layers: Provides information on different map points and allows toggling of historic data layers.

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