The tract of land that Sarpy owned extended from what is now the city of Webster Groves to a stream the Spaniards called Rio de los Padres and the French called Riviere des Peres ("River of the Fathers") after the early Jesuit missionaries who had a settlement at its mouth.

The tract extends parallel with and between Conduit Road and the Potomac.

Most of today's common land lies within the medieval pale, although one tract, near Chelwood Beacon, acquired quite recently by the forest conservators, extends outside.

The second tract lies south of the Senger and extends as far as the high lands immediately overlooking the Yamuna.

Called Horse Neck because of its shape, the tract extended all the way from Newark to Cedar Grove.

However, during the next session, on December 13, 1852, a Representative from Missouri submitted to the House a bill organizing the Territory of Platte: all the tract lying west of Iowa and Missouri, and extending west to the Rocky Mountains.

Most people have long assumed that Ellis Island belonged to New York, even though large tracts of landfill that caused the island to grow from its original three acres to its present size of 27.5 acres extend westward into New Jersey waters.

The history of Turtle Bay dates to the 17th century when the tract known as Deutal Bay Farm extended roughly from what is now East 40th to East 48th Street, from Third Avenue to the East River.

The tract extends as far north as I-95, but north of Cove Road, it does not go west of Seaside Avenue.

The tract of country occupied by the Booandik extended from the mouth of the Glenelg River to Rivoli Bay North (Beachport) for about 30 miles inland.