On Friday 27 July 2007 01:48, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > How much are the 10 acre lots used in the "Original 13 states", or in > states like Texas and Louisiana which were originally Spanish or French > colonies respectively?
In the original 13, they aren't used. Parcels, no matter how big, are defined by metes and bounds. In the Public Land states, a legal description would be something like "the southwest quarter of the northeast quadrant of the third section of the twenty-fourth township" (I don't know the right terms yet; I start classes next month). In North Carolina, this would be meaningless. Parcels are all sorts of random shapes. I don't know what they do in Texas and Louisiana. A few days ago I drew a survey on a plat which includes part of I-485, which was being built during my earlier years in Charlotte. I-485 is 100 meters wide there (the right of way, not the road). Pierre
