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Michigan uses the rectangular land survey system of section, township, and range.The townships were six-mile square blocks of land, divided into 36 one-mile squares called sections. The township was numbered north and south, starting from the center line, and the range was numbered east and west starting from the center line. | Michigan uses the rectangular land survey system of section, township, and range.The townships were six-mile square blocks of land, divided into 36 one-mile squares called sections. The township was numbered north and south, starting from the center line, and the range was numbered east and west starting from the center line. | ||
*United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Michigan cash and homestead entries, cadastral survey plats''Springfield, Virginia | *United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Michigan cash and homestead entries, cadastral survey plats ''Springfield, Virginia: BLM Eastern States, 1994.'' {{FHL|706833|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no.22.}} "A data base created from information contained on the original copy of the land patent/certificate/document maintained by the Secretary of the Interior." | ||
*The Bureau of Land Management has an [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ index] and digital images of the original survey maps for Minnesota. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | *The Bureau of Land Management has an [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ index] and digital images of the original survey maps for Minnesota. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | ||