36 one square mile sections normally:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_township
Section-A one-square-mile block of land, containing 640 acres, or approximately one thirty-sixth of a township. Due to the curvature of the Earth, sections may occasionally be slightly smaller than one square mile.
for natives
One square mile = 3,098,000 square yards.
1 square mile = 2,589,988.11 square meters.
27,878,400 square feet equal 1 square mile.
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.
Section-A one-square-mile block of land, containing 640 acres, or approximately one thirty-sixth of a township. Due to the curvature of the Earth, sections may occasionally be slightly smaller than one square mile.
A township is typically 36 square miles in size. It is usually six miles by six miles in area and consists of 36 sections, each being one 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.
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.
for natives
That's a "section". There are 36 of them in a township.
A section of a township is typically 1 square mile, and measures 1 mile long by 1 mile wide.
1 section (1 square mile) = 640 acres20 sections = (20 x 640) = 12,800 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".
1 mile = 5,280 feet1 section = 1 square mile = (5,280 x 5,280) = 27,878,400 square feet8.8 sections = (8.8 x 27,878,400) = 245,329,920square feet = 5,632 acres
The propulation density of Marshan Township is 36.6 people per square mile (14.1/km2).