Answer:
The government distributed and sold land in square parcels
Explanation:
Grid Village is a modern village such that straight street patterns run in parallel and perpendicular lines. Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming are included in the Western United States.
Grid villages are the most common type of settlement found in the western US as the government distributed and sold land in square parcels.
