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Cadastral and legal land descriptions
Records in official registers showing extent, boundaries, and ownerships of land for administration and taxation.
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The Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
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Explains the characteristics and history of this distinctive way of describing geographic position characteristic of the midwestern and western states of the US.
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