1 mile squared or (5280' x 5280') / 43560 sq.ft. = 640 acres. One Section is the 640 acres as figured above.
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A section of land is typically one square mile in size, which is equal to 640 acres.
A quarter section of land is 160 acres, and one acre is approximately 0.0015625 square miles. Therefore, a quarter section of land is about 0.25 square miles.
A 'Township' is larger then a section of land and is generally 6 miles square or equal to 36 sections.
1/2 mile on each side. A section is one mile square (640 acres) a quarter section refers to 1/4 of a section, so it would be 1/2 mile on each side. (160 acres)
A quarter section of land is typically 160 acres, which is equivalent to one-quarter of a full section of land. In feet, a quarter section of land would measure approximately 2,640 feet by 2,640 feet, or about 0.75 miles by 0.75 miles.
88 acres of land is equivalent to approximately 0.13 square miles.