Section Corners were created when the government originally surveyed Indiana into "mile Square"parcels. Section Corners refer to the four (4) corners |
of the "mile square" parcel. The Intermediate half mile corners are referred |
to as "quarter corners" because they divide the section into quarters. These |
corners are usually found near the centerlines of the County's roads. They are marked by monuments set under the direction of a licensed surveyor. |
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The Land Ordinance of 1785, as adopted by the Continental Congress, signaled the commencement of the Rectangular Public Land Survey System as a means |
of dividing federally-owned land for transfer of ownership to the public. |
After the United States granted title to a parcel of land, jurisdiction over that land passed to the state. Where the lands weren private ownership, it became a function of county or local surveyors to restore lost corners and subdivide the |
section. It is this system which the Wells County Surveyor's Office continues to |
perpetuate and maintain today. |
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As the administrator of the cornerstone by IC 36-2-12-11, b The records. |
of the corners shall be established and perpetuated in the following manner: |
Each year the surveyor shall check and reference at least five percent (5%) of all corners shown in the corner record book. There are 1384 cornerstones |
in Wells County that was originally set by Government Land Surveyors starting in
1805 finishing in 1823. |
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The Wells County Surveyor's Office purchased a Topcon RTK GPS system to record the cornerstone locations in an effort to reduce the cost of relocating |
buried or damage monuments. We can assist professional land surveyors to |
locate corners to keep the cost of private surveys low for the residents of Wells County. |
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Typical Rock Monuments used in 1855 and after.
