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2. Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

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   After he died in 1789, responsibility for surveying was transferred to the Surveyor General. Land was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, 6 mi (9.7 km) on a side, each divided into thirty-six sections of 1 sq mi (2.6 km 2) or 640 acres (260 ha). These sections could then be subdivided for re-sale by settlers and land speculators.

3. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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   The Public Land Survey System ( PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of ...

4. Morrill Land-Grant Acts - Wikipedia

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   51–841, 26 Stat. 417, enacted August 30, 1890. The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land, often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure.

5. 1,600 acres of land in western Iowa is being returned to the ...

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   Gannett. Ryan Magalhães, Des Moines Register. August 5, 2024 at 7:34 AM. The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is set to receive roughly 1,600 acres of land in Iowa that was illegally condemned by the ...

6. File:Iowa and Nebraska lands10.jpg - Wikipedia

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7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County ...

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   Location of Linn County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...