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  2. Texhomex - Wikipedia

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    The marker is off U.S. Highway 56 about two miles east on Texas State Line Road at the corner of Oklahoma State Line Road, and is at an elevation of 4712 feet. [1] There are no signs on Highway 56 in either direction. The tri-state marker is typically covered by soil, but a nearby concrete pillar marker can be seen across the fence a few feet away.

  3. Setback (land use) - Wikipedia

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    Setbacks along state, provincial, or federal highways may also be set in the laws of the state or province, or the federal government. Local governments create setbacks through ordinances, zoning restrictions, and Building Codes, usually for reasons of public policy such as safety, privacy, and environmental protection.

  4. Texas land survey system - Wikipedia

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    In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. Below this are the Texas railroad districts, of which there are 12. These are Spanish grants, surveyed on the "metes and bounds" system of measurement, and are of irregular shape and size. Counties are contained within railroad districts, but township/section ...

  5. Open range - Wikipedia

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    Most western states, even those that are nominally open at the state level, now limit open range to certain areas. [11] [10] Under open range law today, if livestock break through a "legal fence" (defined by law in terms of height, materials, post spacing, etc.), then the livestock owner is liable for damages of the fenced property. Conversely ...

  6. Oklahoma panhandle - Wikipedia

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    When Texas sought to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state, federal law in the United States, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery north of 36°30' north latitude. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of 36°30', rather than have a portion of the state as "free" territory. The 170-mile strip of land ...

  7. Cross Timbers - Wikipedia

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    The maps have county borders but no names; however, they detail rivers, lakes, and major cities, and contain photographs. There is also a Texas ecoregion report PDF which describes Cross Timbers vegetation and other features in much more detail than the maps. Under "Oklahoma," there is no ecoregion report PDF yet but more details are contained ...

  8. Cimarron meridian - Wikipedia

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    When Levi S. Preston found the Cimarron meridian markers, he used them to re-establish the 103° west meridian during his 1900 resurvey. But he setup his own marker at the tri-point (the place where three states meet) of Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico that would follow the Colorado-New Mexico border established by John J. Major in 1874.

  9. Boundary (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    A unit of real estate or immovable property is limited by a legal boundary (sometimes also referred to as a property line, lot line or bounds). The boundary (in Latin: limes ) may appear as a discontinuation in the terrain: a ditch, a bank, a hedge, a wall, or similar, but essentially, a legal boundary is a conceptual entity, a social construct ...