Prospect K. Robbins (December 22, 17881847) was an American

surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...

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 .

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Initial Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey
at the Historical Marker Database * 1788 births 1847 deaths American militia officers American militiamen in the War of 1812 American surveyors Burials in Missouri Military personnel from Missouri People from Pittsfield, Massachusetts People from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 {{US-bio-stub