Township
A six-mile-square block of the government survey system that contains 36 sections.
A township is a square six miles on each side, making it 36 square miles, in the government survey system. It is divided into 36 sections, each one mile square.
Townships are located on the survey grid by township lines, which run east and west, and range lines, which run north and south.
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- Government Survey System
Also called the rectangular survey system, a method that describes land using townships and sections measured from principal meridians and base lines.
- Section (640 Acres)
A one-square-mile unit of the government survey system containing 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township.
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