Yes. A section is 640 acres, or a 1 mile by 1 mile square.
A section of land typically refers to a unit of measurement used in the United States, which is equal to one square mile or 640 acres. The dimensions of a section of land would be approximately 1 mile by 1 mile, or 5,280 feet by 5,280 feet.
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)
1 mile squared or (5280' x 5280') / 43560 sq.ft. = 640 acres. One Section is the 640 acres as figured above.
Like anywhere on the planet, the landmass of 1 square mile is 1 square mile!
1 square mile equates to 4,014,489,600 square inches.
1 quarter of a mile square. Each section is 1 mile square so a quarter section is 1/4 mile square.
The answer depends on the section of land.
A typical 160 acre tract of land is a quarter section. A section is 1 square mile. Therefore, a quarter section (160 acres) is 1/2 mile x 1/2 mile (1/2 mile square).
A section of land typically refers to a unit of measurement used in the United States, which is equal to one square mile or 640 acres. The dimensions of a section of land would be approximately 1 mile by 1 mile, or 5,280 feet by 5,280 feet.
One side of a section in the United States land survey system is typically 1 mile long. A section is a square parcel of land that measures 1 mile by 1 mile, resulting in a total area of 640 acres.
A "section" of land is 1 square mile, which is the same as 640 acres. The shape really doesn't matter, although they're usually laid out as 1-mile squares.
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)
Yes. It has an area of 1 square mile; that's the same as 640 acres. A square that measures 6 miles on a side and has 36 of these 1-mile squares in it is a "township".
A section was 1 mile by 1 mile. Townships were approximately 6 miles by 6 miles (36 square miles). To read more about the Public Land Survey System visit the Related Link.
18.75 square miles. A "section" of land contains 640 acres and is equal to 1 square mile.
In the United States and Canada, a section in land measure is 1 square mile, equal to 640 acres, or about 259 hectares or 2.59 square kilometers in Metric measures.See related link.
1 mile squared or (5280' x 5280') / 43560 sq.ft. = 640 acres. One Section is the 640 acres as figured above.