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 === Federal Land Grants  ===
 After the United States obtained possession of the area that became Missouri, land was surveyed and distributed through eight federal land offices, the earliest of which opened in 1818.
+This distribution occurred as the '''surveyed''' land was divided into townships (36 square miles), range and section (one square mile within the township)and then sold through land offices. Iowa land office records began in 1838, when Iowa became a territory and land offices were established. Iowa is termed a [[Government Land Grants|Federal land state]](public domain), and the government granted land through [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)|cash sales (entries)]], [[Homestead Records|homesteads]], [[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Military bounty land|military bound land warrants]] as well as granting other claims such as [[Mining Claims|mining]] and [[Timberland|timberland claims]]. Federal land purchases are contained in a case file held at the National Archives. In order to obtain the '''case file''', a legal description of the land is needed which may be found in a deed, plat map, '''tract book''', or '''patent books'''. To learn how to obtain this land description, see the wiki article under United States Land and Property - Federal Land - [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Obtaining_a_Legal_Description_of_the_Land|Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land]].
-This distribution occurred as the '''surveyed''' land was divided into townships (36 square miles), range and section (one square mile within the township)and then sold through land offices. Iowa land office records began in 1838, when Iowa became a territory and land offices were established. Iowa is termed a [[Government Land Grants|Federal land state]](public domain), and the government granted land through [[Grants_from_the_Federal_Government_(Public_Domain)|cash sales (entries)]], [[Homestead_Records|homesteads]], [[United_States._United-States_-_Land_and_Property-_Military_bounty_land|military bound land warrants]] as well as granting other claims such as [[Mining_Claims|mining]] and [[Timberland|timberland ]]claims.  Federal land purchases are contained in a case file held at the National Archives. In order to obtain the '''case file''', a legal description of the land is needed which may be found in a deed, plat map, '''tract book''', or '''patent books'''. To learn how to obtain this land description, see the wiki article under United States Land and Property - Federal Land - [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Obtaining_a_Legal_Description_of_the_Land|Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land]].
 This process has been explained in Gary W. Beahan, ''Missouri's Public Domain: United States Land Sales, 1818-1922'' (Jefferson City, Missouri: Records Management and Archives Services, 1980; Family History Library book {{FHL|977.8 R22ip}}.