Yes. A section is 640 acres, or a 1 mile by 1 mile square.
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No, 1 square mile is not a section of land. A section of land is a specific unit of measure typically used in legal descriptions of land in the United States, and it is equal to one square mile.
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.
The United States has a land area of approximately 3.8 million square miles, making it the third-largest country by land area. This translates to about 27.8 acres per square mile in the US.
A square mile is equal to 27,878,400 square inches.