Joseph C. Brown

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Joseph Cromwell Brown (January 29, 1784 – February 21, 1849) was an American surveyor known for establishing the Fifth Principal Meridian's baseline 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 sqmi.

Notable surveys

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