directory of who owns that undeveloped land you want to grow on

Haha yes indeed I too need this crucial information

 

It's called a plat book - contains plat maps. It lists the landowners names and shows acreage. Find them at the library and county extension office.

 

Even if this was somehow sketchy, I don't think asking for this info would give anyone a clue about what you were doing. That said this kind of info is used in mundane legalistic and real estate stuff all the time I imagine.

 

I know zillow.com list a way to find out more about most properties with homes, not sure how it does on open land but its free and worth a try.

 

I've got access to all the property ownership records in the whole country, hit me up.