This article is quite lengthy and contains no pictures, but it does give some basic information about the land surveys and boundary line disputes.

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Land surveying and boundary disputes date from the earliest European settlers in what is now the U.S. This comment provides a brief and incomplete educational overview of the legal aspects of this process. Always consult an experienced attorney and surveying and engineering professionals in specific situations. The Public Land Survey System reflects U.S. history with the original Atlantic seaboard colonies and Texas excluded and a patchwork of other states grouped together starting with the federal Northwest Ordinance in 1787. Revolutionary War and subsequent war veterans frequently received land script […]