Houma, Louisiana

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! This week, the team travels to Houma, Louisiana! Founded in 1834, the city is known for its rich Cajun culture and is often touted as "The Heart of America's Wetland." Learn more in ArcGIS Story Maps.

The GLO website provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than 12 million federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present.

The site also hosts images of survey plats and field notes, land status records, and control document index records, and is one of the most visited websites in the Department of the Interior. Visit glorecords.blm.gov for more information.

Township 17S 17E in Houma, LA