Sunday, October 14, 2012

1955 Woodford County Plat book


Here's a great piece of history. A Woodford County Plat book from 1955.

What is a "Plat book"? you ask.

Wikipedia offers a good explanation:

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plat in the U.S. is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. Other English-speaking countries generally call such a document acadastral map or plan. 
U.S. General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information. City, town or village plats show subdivisions into blocks with streets and alleys
Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots; this has become known as subdivision. After the filing of a plat, legal descriptions can refer to block and lot-numbers rather than portions of sections.
In order for plats to become legally valid, a local governing body, such as a public worksdepartment, urban planning commission, or zoning board must normally review and approve them.


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This Plat book of Woodford County would make a great conversation piece in your living room, den, guest  bedroom, or recreation room. An interesting exhibit of what Woodford County was like back in the mid 50s.


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