Hi Peggy, At 07:26 PM 4/20/99 EDT, PegSpeed@aol.com wrote: >Can someone guide me? Is there an online map of Licking County showing range >numbers and townships? I'm looking at old tax records which list Range-Twp., >but I don't know how the townships were numbered. > This site gives some general info on Ohio land: It also shows the way the townships in the US Military District were divided up into 4 sections. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl2.html Most of Licking county had been part of the US Military District. It was divided into townships that are 5 miles by 5 miles, instead of the more usual 6 x 6 miles. This site talks about that, and at the bottom shows a map with the range numbers across the top in Roman numerals from X to XV going from east to west and the township numbers inside the townships (1 to 4) from south to north. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl3.html#USMD The very bottom of the county (below the notch in the south-east corner) had been part of the Refugee Tract. Here the township and ranges are numbered from a different set of baseline and principal meridian than for the rest of the county. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfrankl/Land/ohl2.html#OCP and scroll down to the map. The range numbers for the these lower townships go from XVI to XX going from east to west. As you can see from the map, the township numbers go from south to north, but by the time they get to Licking co. they are not the same depending which range you are in. There is a map in N. N. Hill's _History of Licking County..._, 1881, that is a little clearer. It looks as if the township numbers in that very bottom area vary between 16 and 18. This site shows the various base-lines and principal meridians used across the US. As you can see, Ohio is quite a hodge-podge. http://www.ca.blm.gov/cadastral/meridian.html Click on Ohio to get a more detailed view. This site shows how townships are designated in reference to the base lines and principal meridians. http://www.frontiernet.net/~lewerer/helper_area/township.html But note that most of Licking Co. has townships that are 5 miles on a side and divided into 4 larger sections of 4000 acres each rather than the usual 6 miles on a side with 36 sections of 640 acres each. Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com