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Clustered Settlement
A pattern of rural settlement in which the houses and farm building of each family are situated close to each others’ fields and surround the settlement.
Dispersed Settlement
Settlement pattern with people living relatively far from each other
Linear Settlements
A rural land use pattern that creates long, narrow settlement around a river, coast or road that looks like a line.
Long Lot
A rural land use pattern that divides land into long, narrow settlement around a river, coast or road that looks like a line
Metes and Bounds
A system of describing parcels of land where the metes are the lines (including angle and distance that surrounds the property) and bound describes features such as a river or public road.
Surveying
Examining and measuring the surface of the earth for planning, preparing to build, or mapping.
Township and range
A system of dividing large parcels of where the townships describe how far north or south from the center point.
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