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That's a "section". There are 36 of them in a township.

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A section is a division of a township equal to 1 square mile. It typically consists of 640 acres and is bounded by lines of latitude and longitude.

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How many sections of a square mile is a township?

36 one square mile sections normally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_township


What is the name for a square mile?

"Square mile" is the correct name. In the Dominion Land Survey of Canada each township is divided into thirty-six sections, each section is about one square mile.


How many acres is a township?

There are 23,040 acres in a theoretical township. A theoretical township is 6 miles square, containing 36 sections, 1 mile square, of 640 acres each.


How many square feet equal 1 square mile?

27,878,400 square feet equal 1 square mile.


1 square mile equal to how many miles?

A square mile means an area, equal to a square of side 1 mile


Is one mile square a section of land?

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".


How many acres in 8 sections?

You are revering to the section, township, range system of surveying land then it is 640 acres in a section (one square mile) which will equal 5,120 acres.


1 mile is equal to how many square feet?

To calculate square feet you need both a length and a width.1 mile is equal to 5,280 linear feet. One square mile (1 mile x 1 mile) is equal to 27,878,400 square feet.


Is a square mile equal to an acre?

No. One square mile = 640 acres.


How many square yds in a square mile?

One square mile is equal to 3,097,600 square yards


How many square km equal one square mile?

There are 2.58998811 square kilometers in a mile.


How big is a square mile in kilometres?

One square mile is equal to about 2.6 square kilometers.