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This area consists of only two townships, within the
Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges and bounded on the north by the Connecticut Western Reserve. Townships are numbered 1 and 2 north, and the range is 10 west. The range continues the numbering of the Ohio River Survey. This survey was
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Greeneville Treaty Line, and east of a line 120 miles west of Pennsylvania, or about 82° 51' W longitude, was ceded by six tribes. Congress Lands in this ceded area were surveyed 1806-07. This survey had six mile square townships and continued the range, township, and section numbering
238:, lands were surveyed circa 1801 under the Act of May 18, 1796. The ranges and townships followed those of the original Seven Ranges, ranges being numbered westward from Pennsylvania, and townships within each range numbered from south to north starting at the
195:, Geographer of the United States, to continue his survey only south of the Geographers line. Hutchins group completed surveying seven ranges by 1787, and presented plats to Congress in 1788 for the tract that became known as the
107:, six miles (9.656 km) on a side created by lines running north-south intersected by east-west lines. Townships were to be arranged in north-south rows called ranges. These townships were sub-divided into thirty-six
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An un-surveyed tract of land in eastern Ohio remained north of the Seven Ranges and
Military District, and south of the Connecticut Western Reserve. In that gap, extending westward from the Pennsylvania line to the
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Mapping Program Technical Instructions: Standards for USGS and USDA Forest Service Single Edition Quadrangle Maps (Draft for Implementation ed.). March 2003. p. 5A-4. Retrieved 2010-07-17
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for sale of these lands. The Act of March 3, 1807 established a land office for the
Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges that ended up in
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as a formal means of surveying, selling, and settling the land and raising revenue. Land was to be systematically surveyed into square
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Section 4 of the Land Act of May 18, 1796 provided that the lands between the Seven Ranges and the
Western Reserve be sold at
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in 1795 had established land west of the
Tuscarawas as reserved for Indians, and not open to American settlement. With the
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The two surveys of 1801 and 1806-07 became known as the
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but kept the name Canton Land
District. Sales were also conducted from the nation's capital at the
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Congress early in the 19th century. It is located south of the
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system of the Ohio River Survey, section numbering being based on the 1796 land act.
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Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources: Map of Original Land Subdivisions of Ohio (pdf)
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The Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges lies between the arrows in Ohio
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Background Information on the Public Land Survey System appendix 3.11-A
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The Tract today includes all or part of these counties in Ohio:
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in 1805, Indian land west of the Tuscarawas River, between
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latitude. Thus, on May 9, 1786, Congress instructed
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Former regions and territories of the United States
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302:. The Land Act of May 10, 1800 established the
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139:Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey
45:South and East of the First Principal Meridian
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26:Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges
83:had been closed to white settlement by the
774:North and East of First Principal Meridian
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274:conducted in 1800. The civil townships of
220:plan for numbering sections of a standard
111:of one square mile (2.59 km) or 640
759:Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges
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1096:History of the Midwestern United States
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280:Franklin Township, Summit County, Ohio
202:On June 1, 1796, Congress created the
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402:Historic regions of the United States
276:Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio
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693:Ohio History Central- Congress Lands
769:Congress Lands East of Scioto River
666:. The Auditor of the State of Ohio.
641:- Text of Act of February 25, 1811
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187:had a claim on lands north of the
183:A problem with this plan was that
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552:- Text of Treaty of Ft. Industry
320:United States General Land Office
218:United States General Land Office
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674:Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision
304:Steubenville Federal Land Office
848:United States Military District
621:- Text of Act of March 3, 1807
532:- Text of Treaty of Greenville
204:United States Military District
49:United States Military District
1101:Surveying of the United States
901:Twelve Mile Square Reservation
601:- Text of Act of May 10, 1800
497:- Text of Act of May 18, 1796
465:- Text of Act of June 1, 1796
28:was a land tract in northeast
1:
1091:Pre-statehood history of Ohio
952:Miami & Erie Canal Lands
660:The Official Ohio Lands Book
118:The first north-south line,
957:Ohio & Erie Canal Lands
906:Two Mile Square Reservation
838:Connecticut Western Reserve
324:section 16 of each township
282:correspond to this survey.
34:Connecticut Western Reserve
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931:Virginia Military District
789:Ohio Company of Associates
671:Peters, William E (1918).
657:Knepper, George W (2002).
444:Text of Act of May 9, 1786
93:American Revolutionary War
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876:Moravian Indian Grants
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269:Muskingum River Survey
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208:Greenville Treaty Line
101:Land Ordinance of 1785
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1136:Mahoning County, Ohio
1121:Crawford County, Ohio
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1111:Carroll County, Ohio
1106:Ashland County, Ohio
312:Canton Land District
251:Treaty of Greenville
85:Proclamation of 1763
1156:Summit County, Ohio
1141:Morrow County, Ohio
1126:Holmes County, Ohio
1038:Northwest Territory
643:Library of Congress
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881:Gnadenhutten Tract
871:Indian Land Grants
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1086:Geography of Ohio
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947:Canal Lands
940:Land Grants
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185:Connecticut
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99:passed the
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651:References
392:Ohio Lands
344:Columbiana
286:Land Sales
240:Ohio River
229:The Survey
169: (
150:80°31′10″W
147:40°38′33″N
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259:Lake Eire
135:Base Line
38:Firelands
742:Six-Mile
579:Archived
386:See also
368:Richland
360:Mahoning
348:Crawford
122:Meridian
97:Congress
859:Surveys
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513:Knepper
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