Prospect K. Robbins

American surveyor (1788–1847)

Army officer
surveyor

Known forFifth Principal MeridianMilitary serviceBranchMissouri Militia
United States VolunteersYears of service1812 (Mo.)
1813–1815 (U.S.)RankAdjutant (Mo.)
First Lieutenant (U.S.)UnitColonel McNair's Mounted Regiment (1812)
Rangers (1813–15)WarsWar of 1812

Prospect K. Robbins (December 22, 1788^{[citation needed]} – 1847) 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 830,000 square miles (2,100,000 km²).^[1]

References

^ Morrow, Lynn. "A Surveyor's Challenges: P.K. Robbins in Missouri | Southeast Missouri State University Press". Southeast Missouri State University Press. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

External links

Initial Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey at the Historical Marker Database
It Started Here: Early Arkansas and The Louisiana Purchase on YouTube