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The patentee (buyer) was the first owner of property after the initial survey. Once the patent was issued, the land became private property and was then sold with a deed. The townships, the six-mile-square land blocks which were the original divisions of land from the federal land grants, were then divided into 36 one-mile squares. The township numbering was the north-south numbering, starting from the center line. The range numbering was the east-west numbering, starting from the center line. The section is the one-mile-square portion (approximately 640 acres) of a township. That was was also generally divided into 36 equal squares (each of which might be divided another 36 times). Click here to see a map with the Range/Township grid overlay.

More information, including scanned images of the documents referenced in this index, can be found at the Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Land Patent Records Site.