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	Facts about topic: (Survey township) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Survey townships (sometimes referred to as Congressional townships) are distinct from civil township (additional info and facts about civil township) s.
		A survey township is used to establish boundaries for land ownership.
		A civil township is a form of local government (The government of a local area).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/survey_township.htm (162 words)

	Township (United States) article - Township (United States) survey township Public Land Survey System Land Ordinance ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the United States, there are two kinds of township in common use.
		A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System, inaugurated with the Land Ordinance of 1785.
		A civil township is a widely-used unit of local government.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Township_(United_States) (115 words)

	Encyclopedia: Township
		In eastern Canada a township is one form of the subdivision of a county.
		A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System.
		Township functions are generally attended to by a board to trustees and a clerk.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Township (534 words)

	Survey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paid survey Paid Surveys are sent by market research companies to their panel members in order to conduct research for large companies.
		Aerial surveys are sometimes used in surveying for various reasons.
		A mark and recapture effort surveys the population by capturing, marking and releasing animals, and recapturing random animals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Survey (618 words)

	Read about Township at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Township and learn about Township here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town.
		In eastern Canada a township is one form of the subdivision of a
		survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Township (366 words)

	Township Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The term civil township is sometimes used to distinguish it from the congressional, or survey, township of six miles by six miles, which is not a unit of government.
		Township Trustees are, by Indiana law, charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection and ambulance service for the areas of the township not incorporated into a city or town.
		In townships with a population under 10,000 the trustee is also the township assessor and is responsible for assessing the real and personal property within their township.
	www.centertownshiptrustee.com /CenterTownship/TownshipGovt.htm (1036 words)

	Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records: Original Field Notes and Plat Maps
		The survey was done in order to divide the vast public domain into salable-sized lots that could be sold, or otherwise divested, to raise funds for the federal government and to encourage settlement.
		For example, the city of Madison is in a township that is seven townships north of the baseline and nine ranges east of the principal meridian, thus it is in what is known as Township 7 North, Range 9 East.
		This subdivision of a township began along the southern boundary of the township one mile west of the southeast corner of the township.
	digicoll.library.wisc.edu /SurveyNotes/SurveyInfo.html (2344 words)

	Articles For Local Historians provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society
		Thus the township with the identification Township 28 North, Range 7 East (T28N, R7E) lies 28 township squares north of the Wisconsin/Illinois baseline and seven township squares east of the Fourth Principal Meridian.
		The survey townships are simply geographical designations located in a large, abstract, non-varying grid that extends over the Midwest and West.
		Surveying of township boundaries followed for portions of what is now Dane County in 1833 and 1834; of what are now Outagamie, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac and Manitowoc Counties in 1833, 1834 and 1835; Walworth and Jefferson Counties in 1836.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /localhistory/articles/surveyor.asp (2845 words)

	Township 8 North, Range 19 East of 4th Principal Meridian (Town of Lisbon) - Survey
		The survey maps and notes produced by the GLO surveyors are among the few detailed, systematic data sources about Iowa before much of it was changed to a landscape of intensive agriculture.
		After the surveyors finished surveying a township and wanted to get paid, they returned their field books to the Surveyor General, whose office was in Dubuque.
		Township 8 North, Range 19 East of the 4th Principal Meridian, was primarily surveyed by Deputy Surveyor Garret Vliet, along with two chain carriers, and a marker.
	www.slahs.org /history/local/survey.htm (2853 words)

	Upper Southampton Township - Recreation Survey
		Upper Southampton Township conducted a recreational needs survey during 2000 for the purpose of gathering public opinion and input relative to its park and recreation system.
		The survey tool was developed as a four page, bi-fold document mailed to every residence in the township as well as available at municpal buildings.
		Township staff tabulated the responses from 224 surveys returned to the Township Office, Tamanend Park Office, the Community Center or the Southampton Library.
	www.southamptonpa.com /parkandrec/survey.html (2297 words)

	ForNet PLS Background
		Townships in the west and south are numbered from the 5th Principal Meridian of the U.S. PLS system, and those in the northeast from the 4th Principal Meridian.
		Where townships are bounded by international or state borders or a "seam" in the PLS system, their shape may be less regular.
		Note that sections within townships are numbered beginning in the northeast corner, and that the numbering system snakes its way back and forth across the township from north to south, following the tracks of the early surveyors as they moved across the landscape.
	www.ra.dnr.state.mn.us /share/html/twprng.html (538 words)

	AY-237
		The earliest survey work done in Indiana using Jefferson's ideas was in a wedge-shaped area formed by a treaty boundary on the west, the Ohio-Indiana border on the east and the Ohio River on the south (see Figure 1).
		Each survey township is identified by its distance from both the principal meridian and the base line (see Figure 2).
		Area in central Indiana enlarged to illustrate survey township identification scheme east and west of the 2nd Principal Meridian and at the correction line between T 16N and T 17N.
	www.ces.purdue.edu /extmedia/AY/AY-237.html (2453 words)

	Lansing State Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The township is considering spending $7,700 on a survey that would gauge residents' views on retail growth, development, traffic flow and overall development.
		The township will decide whether to approve contracting out a survey to gauge how community members feel about issues such as traffic, quality of living, land use, growth and development.
		The proposed survey is a bargain compared with the $18,000 telephone survey the township conducted in 1998, Brixie said.
	www.lsj.com /news/local/p_030218_survey_1b-2b.html (617 words)

	ipedia.com: Survey township Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the American Public Land Survey System, a township refers to a unit of land, that is nominally six miles on a side, usually containing 36 sections.
		The townships are referenced by a numbering syste...
		Each 36-square mile township is divided into 36 one-square mile sections, which can be further subdivided for sale.
	www.ipedia.com /survey_township.html (195 words)

	Wikinfo \| Survey township
		In the American Public Land Survey System, a township refers to a unit of land, that is nominally six (U.S. Survey) miles (~9.656 km) on a side.
		Each 36 square mile (~93.240 km²) township is divided into 36 one-square mile (~2.590 km²) sections, that can be further subdivided for sale.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Survey_township (199 words)

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		The metes and bounds survey system uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, as well as neighboring land owners, along with distances to describe plots of land.
		The panhandle region of Texas was surveyed under this system, but the remainder of the state was surveyed or boundaries decided on the basis of the Spanish land grant system.
		Townships are measured about 6 miles on each side and contain approximately 23,040 acres.
	courses.washington.edu /fe345/Links/Christopher.htm (690 words)

	UNION TOWNSHIP, OHIO - 1883 HISTORY - CHAPTER V - MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP
		In the spring of 1820, the first election was held for township officers; as the early records of the township were all destroyed by fire a few years ago, we can obtain no account of the election, or give any of the officials except the commissioned officers, obtained from the records at Marysville.
		The lands of this township were surveyed at an early day; and, according to the records at the County Surveyor's office at Marysville, the work of surveying was all completed in less than eleven years.
		The Watkins Cemetery is the oldest and principal one in the township.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Union/Untp5.htm (4698 words)

	Prairie Conservation Forum Title Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Townships" are six-mile-wide rows that intersect ranges and are numbered consecutively from Township 1 at the Montana border to Township 126 at the Northwest Territories border.
		The word Township also describes the six by six mile square formed by the intersection of ranges and townships.
		Townships are divided into 36 sections, each section measuring one by one mile.
	www.albertapcf.ab.ca /howdoi.htm (194 words)

	Historical Sites Survey, Independence Township, Michigan
		This survey incorporates information gathered in two previous surveys of historical structures conducted within the township in 1979 and 1991, updates photos and information found within both of these surveys, and identifies additional historic sites.
		While the 1979 survey was consulted primarily as a photographic reference, the 1991 survey was used extensively.
		Included in the 1998 survey are forty-two additional sites, most dating prior to 1900, while a few extend into the 1930s.
	www.twp.independence.mi.us /Community/History/HistoricalSitesSurvey.htm (257 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		Original GLO documents with township maps and field notes are stored in the National Archives and the archives of the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines.
		Township maps were digitized in sets by county in approximately the same order as the maps appear on the microfilm (from southeast to northwest): 14 counties in Phase 1 (1992-93), 25 in Phase 2 (1993-94), 31 in Phase 3 (1994-95), and 29 in Phase 4 (1995-96).
		Probably the most important reason that the surveys were not as concerned with accuracy as surveys are today is because the price of land was low, often $1.25 per acre.
	www.glo.gis.iastate.edu /pinfo/info_faq.html (5982 words)

	Delta Township - Non-Motorized Transportation Study - Meetings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A survey was included in the Delta Township magazine, could be filled out at the meeting, on-line and 400 surveys were sent to households throughout the Township.
		Joe Drolett, Township Supervisor, spoke and indicated that the plans that LAP will be presenting were lines on a paper at this point.
		In the areas were residence have concerns such as Carrier Creek, the East-West Connector and the Grand River the Township is extending the planning process to provide additional time to down with the residents of these areas to discuss their specific concerns before final recommendations are made.
	www.deltami.gov /deltatrails/meetings.htm (1379 words)

	Township
		In Canada, there are two kinds of township in common use.
		In western Canada townships exist only for the purpose of land division by the Dominion Land Survey and are not administrative units.
		In England the township has been long obsolete, but was a subdivision used to administer a large parish.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/to/township.html (277 words)

	Legal Land Descriptions in Federal Township and Range Syste m (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Southern United States in the State-Land s tates, land is surveyed in the indescriminate metes a nd bounds system, not the federal township-range system.
		The metes and boun ds survey system uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, as well as neighboring land owners, along with distances to describe plots of land.
		A specific township is identified as being north or south of a particular baseline and east or west of a particular principal meridian.
	www.outfitters.com /genealogy/land/twprange.html (453 words)

	Forum
		The MHI was lowest in Wayne Township ($27,024), increased slightly in Black Creek Township ($28,754), and was highest in West Pennsboro Township ($32,300).
		The response rate to the survey was similar in Black Creek Township and Wayne Township (69.9 percent and 67.6 percent, respectively), and much lower than in West Pennsboro Township (91.4 percent).
		The high level of response in West Pennsboro Township can be attributed to (1) an extremely high rate of contamination of individual wells, resulting in a desire for wastewater collection and treatment; and (2) excellent advertisement and community outreach by West Pennsboro Township officials.
	www.nesc.wvu.edu /nsfc/Articles/SFQ/SFQw02_web/SFQw02_Forum.html (1663 words)

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		(e) "Property controlling comer" for a property means a public land survey comer or any property corner which does not lie on a property line of the property in question but which controls the location of 1 or more of the property corners of the property in question.
		(i) One shall be a resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 1 shall be a resident of the area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is north of the survey township line lying between survey township 16 north and survey township 17 north.
		and 1 shall be a resident of the area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is south of the survey township line lying between survey township 16 north and survey township 17 north.
	www.tech.mtu.edu /courses/ls426/remonumentation-act.htm (2326 words)

	township -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The area was called Southampton township as early as 1685, but the township was not officially recognized until 1703.
		Eastchester township was organized in 1788 and derived its name from Chester, England; at one time it extended from Scarsdale to Goose Island in the Bronx.
		Across the Arthur Kill, a narrow channel, from Staten Island, N.Y., lies Woodbridge Township, N.J. Located 12 miles (19 kilometers) southwest of Elizabeth, N.J., the township covers an area of 23 square miles (60 square kilometers) in Middlesex County in the eastern part of the state.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9073086?tocId=9073086 (749 words)

	Appenix 3.11-A -- Background Information on the Public Land Survey System
		Under Congressional mandate, cadastral surveys of public lands were undertaken to create parcels suitable for disposal by the Government.
		The PLSS is a rectangular survey system that typically divides the land into 6-mile square townships, which are further subdivided into 1-mile square sections.
		Townships are numbered from the south boundary of the U.S. Military Tract, and ranges west from the west boundary of the
	www.geog.umn.edu /faculty/squires/research/pls.htm (3465 words)

	Clubview Park Renovation Survey - Ypsilanti Township
		The purpose of this survey is to gather information from the residents who reside by the park and/or who utilize the park to determine what changes/additions can be made to enhance the quality of the park.
		The results of the surveys received will be used as part of the planning process in determining what renovations, if any, are needed to accommodate the residents in the neighborhood around the park.
		Please tell us the street on which you live and the nearest cross street (the purpose for this question is to evaluate the general geographic concentration of survey respondents).
	www.twp.ypsilanti.mi.us /recreate/clubview.shtml (310 words)

	FR Doc 05-7381 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The plat representing the dependent resurvey and survey of subdivision of sections for Township 1 North, Range 7 West, accepted March 7, 2005 for Group 1005 New Mexico.
		The plat representing the dependent resurvey and survey of Township 4 South, Range 12 West, accepted February 10, 2005, for Group 107 Oklahoma.
		The meanders of the left bank and the meander of the Abandoned Channel of the Washita River and the Metes and Bounds survey in sections 4, 9, 10, and 15, for Township 7 North, Range 10 West, accepted December 16, 2004 for Group 106 Oklahoma.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-7381.htm (543 words)

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