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The county or town offices that maintain land and property records often have plat books containing maps of property boundaries and land ownership within the county. <br>• [http://www.arphax.com Arphax Publishing Co]., Norman, Oklahoma offers patent maps.<br>
The county or town offices that maintain land and property records often have plat books containing maps of property boundaries and land ownership within the county. <br>• [http://www.arphax.com Arphax Publishing Co]., Norman, Oklahoma offers patent maps.<br>


Also see [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land|Federal Plats]] section under “Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land” for information about the federal township plats.  
Also see [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Obtaining_a_Legal_Description_of_the_Land|Federal Plats]] section under “Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land” for information about the federal township plats.  


== Surveys<br> ==
== Surveys<br> ==
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== Web Sites <br> ==
== Web Sites <br> ==


*[http://www.geonames.org The GeoNames gazetteer]
*[http://www.geonames.org The GeoNames gazetteer]  
*[http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/unitedstates.html Info Please]
*[http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/unitedstates.html Info Please]  
*Library of Congress, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?nocheck=1&&category=Maps "American Memory"] collection
*Library of Congress, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?nocheck=1&&category=Maps "American Memory"] collection  
*[http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable.html#fedlands National Atlas]  
*[http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable.html#fedlands National Atlas]  
*United States [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/territorialacquisition.html#list territorial acquisitions]
*United States [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/territorialacquisition.html#list territorial acquisitions]
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*Stephenson, Richard W. ''Land Ownership Maps.'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967.  
*Stephenson, Richard W. ''Land Ownership Maps.'' Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967.  
*Wilford, John Noble. ''The Mapmakers.'' Rev. ed. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
*Wilford, John Noble. ''The Mapmakers.'' Rev. ed. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
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