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16 Jan 2004 06:08:00 AM |
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Lands Ordinances of 1785, 1787 still live |
THE EARTH AT NIGHT
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/nightearth.htm
NOTE:
9. In the Midwest US (everything north of Texas) the city lights form a
nice "grid" of dots all lined up. This grid pattern was established as a
result of the General Land Survey, initiated following the Louisiana
Purchase to map the newly acquired lands west of the Mississippi. The GLS
is based on a large scale grid of Principal Meridians (north - south) and
Base Lines (east - west). These grids were then subdivided into 36 square
mile Townships (6 miles square, containing 36 sections of one square mile
or 640 acres each). Each Township had a designated school section. Roads
tended to be located on the boundaries between sections, thus forming a
grid one mile by one mile. Major roads, and subsequently railroads, tended
to be located on Township lines, forming a larger grid. This tended to
impose a distance of about 6 miles between towns, which has endured to this
day. Many Townships saw the development of towns (and subsequently,
cities), often at intersections of major roads along township boundaries.
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