Weeks Law Purchase Units, 1911-1932

On March 27, 1911 the National Forest Reservation Commission announced the establishment of the first 13 purchase units designated under the Weeks Act. In the years to follow, additional purchase units would be approved by the Commission throughout the United States. Here is a list of the purchase units established during the Commission's first 21 years.

1911
Mt Mitchell (NC)
Nantahala (NC, TN, GA)
Pisgah (NC)
Savannah (GA, SC, NC) [merged with Nantahala, 1929]
Smoky Mountain (NC, TN) [abolished, 1925]
White Top (TN, VA) [combined into Unaka, 1920]
Yadkin (NC)
Youghiogheny (MD) [abolished, 1926]
Monongahela (WV)
Natural Bridge (VA)
White Mountain (NH, ME)
Potomac (VA, WV) [combined into Shenandoah, 1927]
Massanutten (VA) [combined into Shenandoah, 1927]

1912
Unaka (TN, NC)
Boone (NC)
Cherokee (TN)
Georgia (GA, NC)
Shenandoah (VA, WV)

1913
Androscoggin (NH, ME) [abolished, 1928]
Kilkenny (NH) [later merged into White Mountain]

1914
Alabama (AL) [later renamed William B. Bankhead]

1918
Ozark (AR)
Arkansas (AR) [later renamed Ouachita]

1921
Allegheny (PA)

1926
Tawas (MI) [later renamed Huron]
Superior (MN)

1927
French Broad (NC, TN)

1928
Mackinac (MI) [later renamed Hiawatha]
Marquette (MI)
Black River (SC)
Wambaw (SC) [later renamed Francis Marion]
Catahoula (LA)
Kisatchie (LA)
Vernon (LA) [moved location, 1931]

1929
Oneida (WI)
Flambeau (WI)
Moquah (WI)
Keweenaw (MI) [later renamed Ottawa]
St. Croix (MN) [abolished, 1931]
Green Mountain (VT)
Choctawhatchee (FL)
Osceola (FL)
Ocala (FL)

1930
Cumberland (KY)
Kiamichi (OK, AR)
Homochitto (MS)
Evangeline (LA)

1931
Mesaba (MN)

1932
Chequamegon (WI)
Mondeaux (WI)
Oconto (WI)

At the close of the 1932 fiscal year, 42 purchase units existed in 20 different states. Of the existing units, land purchases had been made within 31 of them. In the subsequent years, purchase units would be created in western states (including Texas, North Dakota, Idaho, and California), as well as in Puerto Rico. For a visual progression of Weeks Law purchase units, see the purchase units map series page.