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Madison County is Growing, But…

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Our Madison County community is among one of the fastest growing in the State. Now that's nothing new, but did you know that Limestone county is now growing at a faster rate than Madison County. This probably also means that the City of Madison is growing faster than the City of Huntsville. We'll have to wait a while longer to get more detailed information on the 2010 Census. You can find this and more interesting facts on the US Census website. IFRAMES not supported As you can see, the counties with greater than 25% growth in the state are … Continue reading →

“Survey Land Twice, Clear-Cut Once”

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While this saying may be taken from the carpentry profession where you “measure twice, cut once” I found an article with the above title that reminded me of some boundary line problems I’ve seen over the years. In most cases the land owners hired loggers to harvest timber on their property and the logging company got over the property line in their zeal to get the “biggest trees out there.” In those cases, it would have saved the landowner LOTS of money and trouble to have the boundary marked first by a licensed land surveyor.     “If you want … Continue reading →