to plat

Examples

• All

• The historic CD was platted in the 1870s and 1880s and holds the city's oldest housing stock.

  Academic text (2013)

• The developer plans to plat the new residential area into smaller lots for individual homes.

• As a result, many townsites were platted.

  Academic text (2006)

• Thirteen towns were platted with cross alleys.

  Academic text (2006)

• Oregon City, the oldest town in Oregon, was first platted with cross alleys within square blocks in the most vital "Lower Town."

  Academic text (2006)

• After a couple of miles, he entered "Bookland," where the land was platted into legally registered, taxed, and inheritable plots.

  Fiction book (1999)

• For the past 10 years, Delaware County has built new subdivisions in unincorporated areas, being platted at approximately 3,000 new lots per year.

  Academic text (2008)

• In 1855, the county surveyor officially platted the cemetery, and that is considered the date of founding (Metro 2005).

  Academic text (2006)

• In 1782, after boundary disputes arose, the leaseholders agreed to have all the lands surveyed, platted, and recorded.

  Academic text (1995)

• Albany, for example, was platted in 1848, but the plat was not registered until 1860, and Harrisburg's 1853 plat was not legally recorded until 1866.

  Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

P

to plot

vsto plat

24 3.6

To map land to show its boundaries for building

aims at mapping land specifically to divide it into parcels

L

to lot

vsto plat

• Specialized

14 7.2

To divide land into smaller pieces for sale or building

focuses on mapping land to show and record those parcels

R

to replot

vsto plat

• Formal

6.2

Divide land into new lots for building or sale

maps land to divide it into parcels rather than change boundaries

Surface Forms

Etymology