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But to encourage more sales and make them more affordable, Congress also reduced both the minimum price (from $2.00 to $1.25 (equivalent to $28 in 2024 [1]) per acre ($495 to $309/km 2)) and the minimum size of a standard tract (from 160 to 80 acres (647,000 to 324,000 m 2)). The minimum full payment now amounted to $100, rather than $320. [2]
The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.
The Preemption Act of 1841 permitted "squatters" who were living on federal government-owned land to purchase up to 160 acres (65 ha) for $1.25 per acre ($3.09 per hectare) before the land would be offered for sale to the general public. To qualify under the law, the "squatter" had to be the following:
The first parcel, known as the "Route 18 Site," totals 2.2 acres and sold for $500,000. Parcel two, known as the "Gym Site," has 3.5 acres and sold for $500,000. That site includes the Shea ...
The late movie legend's picture-perfect former home is located on a 40-acre property near Lake Geneva ... Asking for $5.5 Million — See Inside! The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 ...
After he died in 1789, responsibility for surveying was transferred to the Surveyor General. Land was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, 6 mi (9.7 km) on a side, each divided into thirty-six sections of 1 sq mi (2.6 km 2) or 640 acres (260 ha). These sections could then be subdivided for re-sale by settlers and land speculators.
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