Gore (surveying)

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A gore is an irregular parcel of land, as small as a triangle of median in a street intersection or as large as an unincorporated area the size of a township.

In old English law, a gore was a small, narrow strip of land. In modern land law and surveying a gore is a strip of land, usually triangular in shape, as might be left between surveys that do not close. In some northeastern U.S. states (mainly northern

Historically, North American named gores were most often the result of errors when the land was first surveyed and Colonial era land patents and, later, towns were laid out. A gore would be created by conflicting surveys, resulting in two or more patentees claiming the same land, or lie in an area between two supposedly abutting towns but technically in neither. Surrounding towns have been known to absorb a gore—for example, the gore between Tunbridge and Royalton, Vermont, was eventually incorporated into Tunbridge. Some gores have become towns in their own right, such as Stannard, Vermont.

As unincorporated territories

Different states have different laws governing gores and other unincorporated territories. In

See also

• Gaps and gores
• Gore (segment)
• Land surveying