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'''''[[United States]] > [[Portal:United States Land and Property|Land and Property]] > [[Homestead_Records|Homestead Records]]''''' | '''''[[United States]] > [[Portal:United States Land and Property|Land and Property]] > [[Homestead_Records|Homestead Records]]''''' [[Image:Federal vs. State Land States.png|right|350px]] | ||
=== Homestead Requirements and Results === | === Homestead Requirements and Results === | ||
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Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | ||
Only about 40 percent of the applicants who started the process were able to complete it and obtain title to their homestead land.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “Homesteading by the Numbers” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/bynumbers.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | Only about 40 percent of the applicants who started the process were able to complete it and obtain title to their homestead land.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “Homesteading by the Numbers” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/bynumbers.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Value of the Records === | === Value of the Records === | ||