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Plan Commission approves vacation of 1837-platted streets on Wingard farm to clear title
Summary
The Washington County Plan Commission voted unanimously to vacate several paper streets and alleys platted in an 1837 subdivision that ran through Samuel N. Wingard’s farm, after a surveyor explained historic deed descriptions and neighbors raised concerns about property lines and stormwater.
The Washington County Plan Commission voted unanimously to vacate multiple platted streets and alleys shown on an 1837 Hamilton’s edition plat that the commission found exist only on paper and run through property owned by Samuel N. Wingard. The action, presented as a petition to the commission, is intended to clear interior title issues for Wingard’s farm.
Surveyor Daniel Bland, representing the petitioner, told the commission he compared the historic 1837 Hamilton’s edition plat with a current field survey and found that several rights-of-way and alley lines were never constructed and now run through pastures on the Wingard property. “We’re just basically cleaning up the technicality of this plat in order to…
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