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2. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The land rush climaxed in the 1870s in Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, as the population more than doubled from 1.0 million in 1870 to 2.4 million in 1880, while the number of farms tripled from 99,000 to 302,000, and the improved acreage quintupled from 5.0 million acres to 24.6 million. [16]

3. How To Get Free Land in the US in 2023 - AOL

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   Where To Get Free Land in 2023. A number of towns in the Midwest and elsewhere in the U.S. offer free land, albeit with strict requirements about how you can use it. Local governments in the ...

4. Kinkaid Act - Wikipedia

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   Western Nebraska counties to which the Kinkaid Act applied. The Kinkaid Act of 1904 (ch. 1801, 33 Stat. 547, Apr. 28, 1904, 43 U.S.C. § 224) is a U.S. statute that amended the 1862 Homestead Act so that one section (1 mi 2, 2.6 km 2, 640 acres) of public domain land could be acquired free of charge, apart from a modest filing fee.

5. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. 7 places giving away land or money to move there - AOL

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   Mankato is a town of 900 people located in a county of around 3,000 — and if a small-town atmosphere in a rural part of a rural state sounds good to you, you can flock there for free land like ...

7. Five places where land is free - AOL

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   In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (or park a mobile home) and live in it. For the ...

8. Category:Landforms of Nebraska by county - Wikipedia

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9. Free land? How about a free house? Kansas town tries a ... - AOL

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   Free land, costly homes. The idea stretches back to the Homestead Act of 1862: Spur economic growth in rural America by giving away free land to those who will make good use of it.