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These eighteen land survey plat maps show townships 18 through 23 south, ranges 23 through 25, east of the 6th principal meridian. The U.S. Surveyor General began surveying Kansas after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Plat maps were created at that time to document the surveys. The plats show public lands within the territory divided by range, township and section. Townships were measured in six mile increments starting from the Kansas-Nebraska border. Ranges were numbered in six mile increments east and west from the Six Prime Meridian, which crosses through present day Wichita, Kansas. This system is still the basis for legal land description in the state.
Date: Bulk 1857-1861
Item Number: 312106
Call Number: U.S. Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska, Land Survey Plats
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312106
Collections - State Archives - U.S. Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - General Land Office
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Land surveying
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Land records
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Land records
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