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Federal land is concentrated in the Western United States. Nationwide, the federal government owns 27.4% of all land area. There are significant variations regionally; the federal government owns 61.3% of the land area in Alaska, 46.4% of the land area in the 11 contiguous Western states; and 4.2% of the land area of other states.
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km 2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, were given away ...
Following are the historical territorial acquisitions of the United States: Accession. Date. Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars. Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal ...
Stephen F. Austin State Office Building. 1700 N. Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78701. 30°16′46″N 97°44′22″W / 30.27944°N 97.73944°W / 30.27944; -97.73944. Agency executive. Dawn Buckingham, Land Commissioner. Website. glo.texas.gov. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is a state agency of the U.S. state of Texas ...
Demonstrators protested Texas Senate Bill 147 on Jan. 29, 2023. SB 147, which ultimately died in the Texas House, would have banned the purchase of Texas land by companies, government agencies and ...
blm.gov. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km 2) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.
The Republic of Texas was annexed into the United States and admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836. It applied for annexation to the United States the same year, but was rejected by the United States Secretary of State.
Updated January 26, 2024 at 8:36 AM. On Thursday, the U.S. government sold the Federal Helium Reserve, a massive underground stockpile based in Amarillo, Texas, that supplies up to 30% of the ...