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  2. Rural area - Wikipedia

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    Rural area. In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. [1] Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically described as rural, as well as other areas lacking substantial development.

  3. Rural areas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rural area. Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [1] consists of approximately 97% of the United States ' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to ...

  4. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the ...

  5. Rural development - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. [1] Often, rural regions have experienced rural poverty, poverty greater than urban or suburban economic regions due to lack of access to economic activities ...

  6. Agricultural land - Wikipedia

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    Share of land area used for agriculture, OWID. Agricultural land is typically land devoted to agriculture, [1] the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life —particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops —to produce food for humans. [2][3] It is generally synonymous with both farmland or cropland, as well as ...

  7. USDA home loan - Wikipedia

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    The USDA Home Loan Program does allow for considerations for expenses like Child Care. [8] To be eligible, one must be purchasing a property in a rural area, as defined by the USDA. The home or property that the potential buyer is looking to purchase must be owner-occupied; investment properties are not eligible for USDA loans.

  8. Estate (land) - Wikipedia

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    Wentworth Woodhouse is a large rural estate, extending to 15,000 acres including the country house. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages ...

  9. Catchment area - Wikipedia

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    Catchment area. In human geography, a catchment area is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are naturally drawn to a location (for example, labour catchment area [1]) or as ...