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HISTORY:
Rock County consists of twenty townships.
In 1833 Lucuis Lyon surveyed the southern
boundary, which is the Wisconsin, Illinois state line.
In 1836 the final township was surveyed.
The original government surveyors and their
field notes may be found on the
Wisconsin Commissioners of Public Lands web site.
From 1840 to 1975, the County Surveyors’ position
was elected and in 1975, the County Board changed it to an appointed
position.
The County Surveyor reports to the County
Administrator and to a governing committee, which is the Rock County
Board’s Planning and Development committee. Also, the County Surveyor
is a voting member of the County’s Land Records committee.
The department uses
the following software:
| GIS:
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ESRI |
| Survey:
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Least squares adjustment (3 different
programs), conversion to County Projection by Dr. Nancy von
Meyer, many survey problem specific programs written in Basic,
and Trimble’s GPS software.
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| Mapping: |
AutoCad & ESRI |
| Office: |
Microsoft Office Suite |
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