Here is the actual (ha ha ) setup.
The original 13 colonies were set up under the rules of the royal charter for
each separately.
Maine was originally part of Massachusetts.
Kentucky and West Virginia were under Virginia rules.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin were originally under Virginia
rules. Those
were transfered to the US after the revolution, became the Northwest
Territories.
The NWT also had claims from Connecticut and others. All now federal land used
the above named
township system, BUT, some land had been sold under the old systems of each, in
each.
Tennessee was first under North Carolina.
Parts of Alabama and Mississippi were under Georgia, the remainder became
federal under the
Southwest Territories. Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, parts
of other states, were originally
staked out as Spanish lands. Left overs joined the federal program.
Louisiana and all territories in the Louisiana Purchase had some land granted
by the French king, with his
rules.
By the 1830's the rules of land not yet privately owned became federally
managed.
Hawaii is still under some rules of the Kingdom.
There it is in a nutshell.
50 states, some have 7-10 internal (infernal) land systems. IMHO there are
about 100 different distinct survey
systems in these 50 states, and more in the dependencies and DC.
GET ANIMAP.
Rich in LA CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Dec 11, 2004 5:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Back to Basics
I am not at all clear that the whole country is surveyed into
townships. I am pretty sure that is not true in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, and may not be true in New England either. In Pennsylvania you
can have townships and towns, and they are differentiated by population
and manner of government. New England has town meetings, but
Pennsylvania does not. Norristown is a town, with a mayor, in
Montgomery County, but my husband grew up in Ridley Township in Delaware
County, which was governed differently (but I don't remember how.), and
which cannot be more than a couple of square miles. They all have their
own police, which causes a lot of jurisdictional problems. There are
also boroughs, which have mayors.
Elizabeth C
Carl Cox wrote:
><<However in Upstate NY, counties are divided into
>towns. Cities are not in towns, but are in counties.
>Villages are in towns within counties. Some folks
>live in the town without being in a village, but others
>live in the village within the town within the county,>>
>
>The country is surveyed into townships. In the Midwest and the West a
>township is 6 miles square, made up of 36 sections each 1 mile square. But
>the townships in the Eastern seaboard states are of uncertain area and
>shape, yet perform the same function. Township is often shortened to Town,
>and the government of such could be a Town Meeting. Villages would be
>located within townships (towns) as you have indicated.
>
>Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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