Property Ownership, Transfer of Title & Land Use 4

Question 1

the “Rectangular System”, and all its distances and bearings are measured from two lines which are at right angles to each other. What are their names and which way do they run?

Answer 1

Principal Meridians which run North and South

Base Lines run East and West

Question 2

What are Townships?

Answer 2

Townships are the largest subdivisions of land run out by the United States Surveyors

Question 3

What is Town-Shipping?

Answer 3

In Governmental Surveys, Township Lines are the first to be run, and a Township Corner is established every six miles and marked.

Question 4

Each Township Contains

How many Miles Square?

How many Acres?

How many Square Miles

Answer 4

Each Township is six miles square
and 
contains 23,040 acres 
or 
36 square miles, 

or as near possible to make them.

Question 5

Do townships conform to Government Township lines?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

The 36 squares in a Township are called what?

Answer 6

Sections

Question 7

All sections in a Township should be how many rods?

Answer 7

All Sections (except Fractional Sections) are supposed to be 320 rods, or one square mile, therefore containing 640 acres; a number easily divisible.

Question 8

All sections must contain how many acres?

Answer 8

640

Question 9

Where is the surplus or deficiency of land carried to in a township?

Answer 9

To the fractional forties and fractional eighties that touch the township line

Question 10

one acre is how many square feet?

Answer 10

43,560

Question 11

36 square miles is how many acres?

Answer 11

23,040