Texas and Pacific Railway Company Survey

The single largest land grant survey in West Texas. T&P abstracts dominate the Permian Basin, keyed to a Block & Section grid laid out by the railway's surveyors in the 1870s and 1880s.

Abbreviation

T&P

Established

1871

Primary Counties

Reeves, Loving, Ward + 4 more

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Block 5 Sec 14 T&P Survey, Reeves County, TX

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T&P coverage by county

Counties where T&P Block & Section references are commonly cited. Each links to a county-scoped converter.

Reeves County Loving County Ward County Ector County Howard County Mitchell County Martin County

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