Checkerboarding (land)

Map of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument showing examples of checkerboarding

Checkerboarding refers to the intermingling of land ownership between two or more owners resulting in a checkerboard pattern. Checkerboarding is prevalent in the Western United States and Western Canada because of extensive use in railroad grants for western expansion, although it had its beginnings in the canal land grant era.^[1]

^ Draffan, George (1998). "Taking Back Our Land" (PDF). United States: www.landgrant.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

[draffan-1] Draffan, George (1998). "Taking Back Our Land" (PDF). United States: www.landgrant.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

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Checkerboarding (land)

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