The Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html

Explains the characteristics and history of this distinctive way of describing geographic position characteristic of the midwestern and western states of the US.

by National Atlas of the United States

Related topics:

Administrative and political boundaries, Cadastral and legal land descriptions, Geography, Map coordinate systems

States or counties: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

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