{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Forsan Townsite Co.",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Forsan Townsite Company"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Howard"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite)",
  "active_era": "1929-1948 Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)",
  "canonical_url": "https://forsan-townsite-co.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://forsan-townsite-co.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas",
    "Big Spring-Forsan Midland Basin Wolfcamp Core Gathering & Power Corridor"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "67 townsite mineral, alley/street fee strip, and pipeline/utility easement reservations across 287 recorded Grantor deeds",
    "6-Gate OCR Verified Zero-Exit-Deed status (last recorded Grantor deed September 1948; 0 mineral exit deeds)"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Forsan Townsite Co.",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed Records (Prior to Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds))",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Survey Owners -> Forsan Townsite Co. (Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas)",
      "notes": "Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Forsan Townsite Co. prior to subdivision and out-conveyance."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Forsan Townsite Out-Conveyance & Reservation Spine",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (1929-1948, 287 Grantor Deeds / 67 Strict Reservations)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Forsan Townsite Co. -> Townsite of Forsan Lot Grantees (Howard County)",
      "notes": "287 recorded Grantor conveyances in the heart of the Howard County Midland Basin Wolfcamp fairway, dormant since 1948 with zero exit deeds."
    }
  ]
}