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2. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois Central Railroad in 1851 was the first railroad to receive a federal land grant. The grant was part of the Land Grant Act of 1850, which provided 3.75 million acres of land to support railroad projects. The Illinois Central received nearly 2.6 million acres of land in Illinois.

3. Roanoke, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   FIPS code. 17-64590. Wikimedia Commons. Roanoke, Illinois. Website. www .roanokeil .org. Roanoke is a village in Roanoke Township, Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,960 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area .

4. Agricultural land - Wikipedia

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   Agricultural land. Agricultural land is typically land devoted to agriculture, [1] the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life —particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops —to produce food for humans. [2] [3] It is generally synonymous with both farmland or cropland, as well as pasture or rangeland .

5. Farm land (real estate niche) - Wikipedia

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   Farm land is a real estate niche that deals with the purchase and sale of Arable land . This niche requires the real estate agent to have very particular knowledge about the land and farming industry . A Real Estate agent or broker that specialises in farms must be knowledgeable in the following: City, County and State regulations of farms.

6. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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   Sections are customarily surveyed into smaller squares by repeated halving and quartering. A quarter section is 160 acres (65 ha) and a "quarter-quarter section" is 40 acres (16 ha). In 1832 the smallest area of land that could be acquired was reduced to the 40-acre (16 ha) quarter-quarter section, and this size parcel became entrenched in ...

7. Illinois Farm Bureau - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) is a nonprofit U.S. organization controlled by farmers who join the IFB through one of the 96 county Farm Bureaus in Illinois. The organization's legal name is the Illinois Agricultural Association. The IFB was founded in 1916 by a group of farmers who met at the University of Illinois to discuss the need for ...