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1785 - The Public Land Survey System (Plss)
1785 - The Public Land Survey System (Plss)
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Adopted by the United States Congress of Confederation on May 20, 1785, the Land Ordinance was established to provide a means by which the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River could be sold and settled. This article describes the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a way of subdividing and describing all public domain lands in the United States. Regulated by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the PLSS divides the lands owned by the Federal government into 6-miles square townships and is included in the National Atlas. Townships are …
2011 – Santa Barbara County Land Grants And Townships Map
2011 – Santa Barbara County Land Grants And Townships Map
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Spanish and Mexican Land Grant information compiled by the Office of the County Surveyor in May of 2011 from plats and patents from 1861 to 1883. Land Grants originally surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General's Office, San Francisco, California. Original documents published in pursuance of the Act of Congress of June 14th, 1860 and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Department of the Interior.