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 of area are the township and section. It was used in the U.S. to help inhabit the West, it was used instead of the metes and bounds system, a British system, that was used in the original 13 colonies. This particular map which I found on ancestry.com is actually a PLSS map of Alabama. As you can see it is very exact and regismented in its dividing of land parcels.
No comments:
Post a Comment