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Rectangular Survey Method
Subdivision or Plat or Lot and Block Method Metes and Bounds Method |
In the United States, there are only three (3) methods of legally identifying real estate.
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The predominate method of real property identification in the United States is called the Rectangular Survey Method. It is used primarily along the east coast of the United States, due to the the English influence in theJamestown and Plymouth Colonies. It is seldom found west of the Mississippi River.
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used primarily WEST of the Mississippi in the Midwest and Far Western States due to historical origins of this method.
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The imaginary square tracts of land with 6 mile sides are called
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Townships
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Each township is subdivided into 36 smaller squares with one mile sides called ???
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Section
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Each Section
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= 1 square mile = 640 acres
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The subdivision plat or lot and block method is based on a ???.
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Map of surveyed land divided into lots
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One mile = 5,280 feet
One Section = 640 acres One Acre |
43,560 square feet
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The "metes and bounds" refers to identifying real property through a system of "metes" (measurements) and "bounds" (boundary lines). This method was brought to the original 13 colonies from Portugal
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Metes and Bounds were brought to the colonies from "England".
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A surveying intstrument based on making compass measurements in degrees, minutes, and seconds is called a ???
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Transit
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The starting place of the metes and bounds survey is known as the monument point
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Point of Beginning POB
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