This post is meant to discuss some BASIC, BROAD strokes of surveying methods and terminology used in Palm Beach County.
When Florida was granted statehood in 1845 the Public Lands Surveying System (PLSS) was used throughout the United States. This system uses a series of horizontal and vertical lines to divide the lands. In this system
I just found THIS WEB SITE that gives a full discussion of the matter.
THIS PAGE shows the section, range and townships of Palm Beach County. What is a section, range and township?
Let’s look at the northeast corner of this map around Tequesta and note the 434030 number inside the grid. This is the section Number. If we were to look up a property in say Tequesta Oaks then we would note the first portion of the parcel id is 60434030. 60 is the municipality code for all properties incorporated into the Village of Tequesta (for tax purposes). 43 is the TOWNSHIP number, 40 is the RANGE number and 30 is the SECTION number.
