A plat book shows land ownership and acreage information for rural parcels of land by township. Additional base map
features also include roadways, waterways, section lines, municipal
boundaries, subdivisions, recreational boundaries and an index to
owners. Price and availability may vary depending on the age of the data.
Theoretically a congressional township is a square
tract of land with political boundaries of six miles each and
containing 36 sections of land. Actually this is not the case. Years
ago, when the original survey was made by the government engineers,
they knew that it was impossible to keep a true north and south
direction of township lines, and still keep getting township squares of
36 miles. As they surveyed toward the North Pole, they were constantly
running out of land, because the township lines were converging toward
the North Pole. Provision was made for running intermediate correction
lines to allow for the natural curvature of the earth.
Because plat books are published as a guide to the
community, all ownership data are gathered from the Official Public
Record at the County Courthouse by our researchers. Though continual
sales and transfers of property make it impossible to guarantee 100%
accuracy, direct access to tax records, land descriptions and the
insight of county officials help our researchers gather the ownership
and acreage information necessary to produce a new plat book.
A land description is a description of a tract of
land in legally acceptable terms; so as to show exactly where it is
located and how many acres it contains.
We now have a map library of over 600 counties throughout 18 states, with
primary coverage in the Midwest. We have conveniently listed counties
in alphabetical order by state on our Shop Online section. Once on our
Shop Online section, select your state, and then just click on your county to find details on format
and edition availability.
Updating a county depends on various factors. If certain criteria are not met, a county may not be selected
for updating. Some of these factors include but are not limited to the
rate of land sales and transfers, local interest (advertising,
distribution and sales potential), and the overall condition of the
local economy.
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No. In addition to the spiral bound book, we
produce County Wall Maps, Township Map Prints and in various digital
formats on CD-ROM. Sample Downloads of our CD-ROM formats (County PDF File, County Image Files, RMP SmartImage and County Vector File.) are available for your
review.
Fact sheets are available for all our digital formats which include
County PDF File, County Image Files, RMP SmartImage and County Vector
File.
Yes. We produce custom maps using our plat data in conjunction with
other data sets provided by the customer (census, land use, advertising
information, school district lines, etc.) within a specified radius or
boundary. Limitations due to currency of our plat data and size or
scale of the finished map do exist. Please contact our Customer
Service Department at rmpsales@rockfordmap.com with your inquiries.
A license is written permission granting the
licensee permission to use and reproduce a copyrighted work, such as a
plat book, for personal and business applications. A royalty fee is
paid to the licensor (author of the copyrighted work) in order to
obtain this right.
All copyrighted works are protected
by Federal Copyright Law under Title 17 United States Code. This law
limits the duplication (physically, electronically or by other means)
of works by third parties to ensure recognition of the author as well
as the time and expense necessary to create/produce the copyrighted
work. By right, the author can pursue violators. The result may
include court action and penalty fees.
Yes. Our entire plat library is registered with the Library of Congress and fully
protected by Federal Copyright Law.
If you would like to reproduce our plat information, in whole or in part,
for personal or business purposes, please contact our License Manager
at 1-800-321-1627 x14 or click on Licensing to learn more about our
licensing program.
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