Land Patent Plat MapsPorter County land patent plat maps based on GLO data . . . .

Land patents were issued by the General Land Office, conveying property held by the federal government to individuals. An individual receiving a patent was referred to as a patentee. The most common types of land patents issued in Porter County included Cash Entry Land Patents, Homestead Land Patents, and Military Warrant Land Patents.

A total of 2,638 land patents are recorded on the township maps provided below, which you can search to find original owners of Porter County land. You can also search by patentee name using the Porter County Land Patent Name Index; this index also provides copies of the original land patent document issued by the federal government.

Clicking on a township map below will open a copy of the township land patent map in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format. Upon examination of the maps, you will note that many tracts of land do not list a patentee's name. In these cases, the land was either held in reserve by the federal government, transferred to the state for disposition, or held in public good for uses such as school land or railroads.

If you have questions or comments regard the land patent maps presented on this website, then please contact the Porter County GenWeb Coordinator.

Source Citation:
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, Federal Land Patents.