The Texas Survey System
Deep-dive explainers on how the Texas Survey System (TXSS) works: abstracts, blocks, sections, railroad surveys, and Spanish/Mexican leagues across all 254 Texas counties.
Texas Abstracts, The County-Scoped Land ID
How abstract numbers work in the Texas Survey System, what an abstract is, where they came from, how they are numbered, and how they differ from PLSS section references.
Read guideBlocks and Sections, How Texas Railroad Surveys Grid the Land
How the Block & Section convention works in West Texas, railroad land grants from the 1850s–1880s, the major surveys (T&P, H&TC, GC&SF), and how to read and disambiguate Block & Section references.
Read guideHow the Texas Survey System Works
A complete guide to the Texas Survey System (TXSS), how Texas describes land using Abstract numbers, Block & Section grids, and Survey-name descriptions instead of the federal PLSS, and why.
Read guideThe Texas Survey System
Deep-dive explainers on how the Texas Survey System (TXSS) works: abstracts, blocks, sections, railroad surveys, and Spanish/Mexican leagues across all 254 Texas counties.
Read guideSurveys, Leagues, and Labors, Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in TXSS
How named surveys, Spanish leagues, and Mexican labors describe land in South and Central Texas, the colonial-era grants that predate Texas statehood and still appear in modern legal descriptions.
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