Federally Owned Land and Counties Carolina Journal ...
Jul 28, 2015· The five counties with the most federal land are Swain, Macon, Haywood, Gram, and Cherokee Counties, with more than 720 thousand acres among them. In the mid1970s, Congress created "Payments in Lieu of Taxes," to offset this loss, and every year the federal government issues payments to local governments to help offset losses in property ...