[or-roots] Re: Surveyor's notes website

[Richard Smith]

I don't know who gave you the information about townships being named, 
which may be true in the midwest, but having worked in surveying within 
the Willamette Meridian for years I never hear of that practice here.
Richard C. Smith
E-mailto:slugs at gorge.net
Home page: Http://www.angelfire.com/wa/family/


Robyn Greenlund wrote:
(ALSO -- sorry to shout -- today I was told that every township (i.e. 
06S1W
Willamette Meridian) had to
have a name. Sure enough, in South Dakota, they were named.  Outside of
precincts, which appear to cross
township boundaries, I have not seen labels for Oregon.)