Welcome to the Connecticut Western Reserve

Western Reserve, New Connecticut

Connecticut Western Reserve

- Includes Fire Lands (Sufferer’s Lands) to the west and Connecticut Land Company

- Moses Cleaveland worked for the Connecticut Land Company

Welcome to OhioBeta test site for the U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

Ohio Original Land Subdivisions

Evolving PLSS standards

Some 5 by 5 townships

Some range numbers change south to northand township numbers change east to west

Boustrophedonic indexing after 1796

Five-mile Townships in Western Reserve

Boustrophedonic Indexing

788 Ohio Quads - Something Extra for PLSS

Example map collar information from central Ohio -

Area west of the Scioto River lies within the Virginia Military District

Area north of Base Line lines within the United States Military District Land lines based on the Base Line of the United States Military District Area south of the Base Line lies within Congress Lands east of the Scioto River

Land lines within Ts. 4 and 5 N.-R. 22 W. based on the Scioto River Base Land lines within Ts.11 and 12 N.-R 21 W. based on the Ohio River Base

History LessonsFirelands and Benedict ArnoldHow Michigan got the Upper PeninsulaRefugee Tract and Nova ScotiaGreenville Treaty Line

Point of Beginning for theU.S. Public Land Survey System

Near East Liverpool, Ohio

Please enjoy your visit to the Connecticut Western Reserve