Prospect K. Robbins Explained

Prosoect K. Robbins
Birth Date:22 December 1788
Death Date:1847
Birth Place:Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, U.S.
Resting Place:Memorial Cemetery
Known For:Fifth Principal Meridian
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Embed Title:Military service
Branch:Missouri Militia
United States Volunteers
Branch Label:Branch
Serviceyears:1812 (Mo.)
1813–1815 (U.S.)
Rank:Adjutant (Mo.)
First Lieutenant (U.S.)
Unit:Colonel McNair's Mounted Regiment (1812)
Rangers (1813–15)
Battles:War of 1812
Battles Label:Wars

Prospect K. Robbins (December 22, 17881847) was an American surveyor known for establishing the Fifth Principal Meridian that governs the surveys of all or part of present-day Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota. The Fifth Principal Meridian was established in 1815 to survey the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, an area of 830000sqmi.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morrow . Lynn . A Surveyor's Challenges: P.K. Robbins in Missouri Southeast Missouri State University Press . 2024-04-04 . Southeast Missouri State University Press.

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