Plat
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In the United States, a plat is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to
A pamphlet for a walking tour of Boise's original ten blocks
Subdivision (land)
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Subdivisions are land that is divided into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known as a subdivision. Subdivisions may
Plat
…alleys. Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots; this has become known as subdivision. After the filing of a plat, legal descriptions can refer to block and lot-numbers rather than portions of sections. In order for plats to become legally…
A subdivision in Markham, Ontario
The entrance to a subdivision in Sugar Land, Texas
An upper middle class housing estate on the southern side of Swords, Dublin, Ireland. High-end tract developments tend to be smaller in size and more varied in typology.
Entrance to a subdivision in Baliwag, Bulacan, Philippines