Metes and bounds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, real property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate. The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used t...
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Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units ...
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Most real estate in the original 13 US colonies, and in several of the other early states was surveyed with the Metes and Bounds *c surveying system. This system is still in use today, although the tools used by surveyors have changed dramatically.
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“In the Eastern and New England States the system of surveying and describing lands by metes and bounds as followed prior to the establishment of the rectangular system of surveys still exists.
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Metes and bounds surveys can be part of the PLSS when they are surveyed within a PLSS state, and define irregular areas of land that do not conform with the rectangular system. The metes and bounds are connected to a regular corner of the rectangular survey.
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Land in the original thirteen colonies, plus Maine, Vermont, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, West Virginia, and parts of Ohio were surveyed with the Metes and Bounds surveying system.
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Learn how to turn a deed description into a physical plat that you can pinpoint on a map with this guide to platting the land of your ancestors. ... The metes and bounds land survey system relies on several different items to convey a property description:
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In the Southern United States in the State-Land s tates, land is surveyed in the indescriminate metes a nd bounds system, not the federal township-range system. ... You may find some irregularly shaped townships and sections which result from surveying errors and other difficulties...
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In the Southern United States in the State-Land states, land is surveyed in the indiscriminate metes and bounds system. This survey system uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, as well as neighboring land owners, along with distances to describe plots of land.
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With that basic understanding of what is involved in the metes and bounds system, we now turn to the Township and Range method of land measurement and description as used in the federal-land states. The basic unit of this system is the section, which contains 640 acres and contains one square mile.
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