Public Land Survey System
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The Public Land Survey System is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it w
Monument referencing the beginning point of the PLSS
Farmland in Kansas divided into quarter sections
This post office application from 1866 shows the four square Spanish leagues of the pre-statehood Los Angeles Pueblo within the township-range system.
Figure 3. Kent County, Michigan in 1885 as a PLSS example, showing 24 named townships and sectional subdivisions.
Fifth principal meridian
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The Fifth Principal Meridian, also known as the "5th Principal Meridian" and "PM 05", is a principal meridian survey line used in the United States for land claims in the Public Land Survey System. It
Marker at the point of beginning in a headwater swamp in Arkansas