Maps

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Meridians and Base Lines

Section Map

Master Title Plat

Land Ownership Plat

• HistMat• Maps searching for a property• • Google earth• • Searching my house• Multnomah County Library guides – House history• http://www.multcolib.org/guides/house/housemaps.html• The maps listed below are available on this site• • To search deed, start with the legal description. For example, • the legal description• for the John Palmer House (a• National Register property in• Portland) is Lots 10 and 12 of• Block 1, Multnomah Addition to• the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.• If you don’t know the legal description and current• owner’s name, contact the county assessor’s offi ce.• The legal description is always on the annual• property tax statement, so check your statement if• you are researching your own property.• • Then City Directory – in Multnomah library:• • List of Portland Street Name Changes (Excel File, PDOT)• • Map of Annexations (Important because Sellwood not annexed until 1900-1910•

HistMat• cadastral surveys:• • http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html >> click on the state >>• • http://www.blm.gov/or/st/en.html >> scroll down to “Popular content”• • http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/ySrvy1.php >> type in Township and Range (Sellwood is T1S R1E) • • field notes: • • http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/yNoteView1_2.php?R0005OR0271002720 (page 271)• • http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/yPlatView1_2.php?path=POR&name=t010n230e_001.jpg cadastral survey map of Portland. Includes numbered blocks.• • http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/ySrvy2.php?tr=010N230E&srt=A&ti=0&ri=34&ln=0000000 surveys of sector 23• • • http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/OR_Multnomah.htm >> to >>• • http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/Oregon-Land-Records-and-Deeds-2.htm•