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Which grid system is also known as the public land system?.

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The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the method of subdividing and describing the land, mainly in the Western United States. The PLSS is commonly referred to as the Rectangular Survey System. The “rectangular survey system” was first proposed by Thomas Jefferson and enacted into law by the Land Ordinance of 1785

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