In the U.S. public land surveying system, an area six miles square, containing 36 sections. The townships are organized in tiers and ranges, identified with respect to a baseline and meridian. For example, Township 13 North Range 6 West describes a township's location.
a square area, containing 36 sections; a major unit of the legal subdivision system.
Divisional PLSS unit containing 36 sections.
An area established by U.S. government survey that is six miles square and contains 36 sections.
In some of the original 13 states, a political subdivision of a county. In the U.S. public land surveying system, an area six miles square, containing 36 sections. The townships are organized in rows and are identified with respect to a reference latitudinal baseline, for example, Township 13 North. See range.
federally mandated division of land encompassing 36 square mi and consisting of 36 sections.
Civil subdivision of a county
An approximately 36 square mile division of land employed in the Rectangular Land Survey System. Townships are bounded by two successive Range Lines on the east and west and two successive Township Lines on the north and south.
(l) A land area 6x6 miles. The second level division of land in the PLS. (2) A location description of a land parcel in the PLS, referring to the distance north or south of the baseline.
A square tract of land six miles on a side, it consists of 36 sections of one square mile each.
(1) Square tract of land six miles on one side. (2) Political municpality created to serve specific population concentrations distinguished geographically. (3) longitudinal component of the section-township-range coordinate system.
Rows that cross meridians and ranges, starting at the U.S. Border with #1 and ending at the Northwest Territories Border with #126. (Usually approximately 6 miles apart)
A way of subdividing land in a controlled manner.A township is by definition six miles in both length and width and contains a total of 36 one mile square sections of land.
A square tract 6 miles on each side containing 36 square miles of land. See also Section.
an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"
a major subdivision of the public lands under the rectangular system of surveys
a political and geographical subdivision of a county and state
a political sub-division of the county in many states, including Indiana
a six-mile by six-mile square plot of land
A unit of government into which counties are divided in some states.---------------X-Y- Home | | Bottom
A legal division of land in the Public Land Survey of 36 square miles. Also the number of tiers North or South from a Base Meridian written as T8N. This would mean that the property is 8 tiers or townships north of a specified base meridian
A basic unit of the cadastral system used across western Canada. A township measures six miles square and is composed of 36 sections, each of which measures one square mile. Townships are arranged in rows that run parallel to the international border. Each row is numbered progressively from the border, with the row closest to the border numbered 1, the second closest numbered two, etc. The townships in each row are, in turn, distinguished from one another by their distance or range from a meridian. The column of townships closest to the meridian are designated as range one, the second closest as range two, etc. Generally, the ranges are numbered from east to west, that is with the exception of the ranges on east side of the Principle Meridian and the east side of the Coast Meridian, which are numbered from west to east.
A unit of measure used in the government survey method of land description equal to 36 sections, which is 36 square miles.
Unit of survey of the public lands of the United States, normally a quadrangle approximately 6 miles on a side with boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels within established limits, containing 36 sections. Also, in minor governmental subdivision.
A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sectins, or 36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeastern and Midwestern states of the U.S.
The principal unit of the Public Land Survey System. A township is square with approximately six-mile sides and an area of 36 square miles. TOWNSHIP LINES: Lines running at six-mile intervals parallel to the base lines in the Public Land Survey System.
A legal description of land established by the government survey system, six miles square, containing 36 sections or 36 square miles or 23,040 acres.... read full article
A geographical division within a public land survey system that is defined by a square parcel of land bounded on the east and west by meridians 6 miles apart and by parallels to the north and south also 6 miles apart. This 36 square mile unit of land contains 36 sections, each being one square mile. A township can also be a governmental subdivision, which may vary from the standard size and shape. (See land survey systems, lot and range).
square block consisting of 36 sections. Each section equals one square mile; used in public land system of mapping. Covers 36 square miles.
A division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections or 36 square miles.
Township is often used in historical documents and is another word for a village. It is a group of homesteads or farms on which the inhabitants obtain their principal living from the produce of the land. They would have been expected to pay tithes to the Church from profits made from working the land. See also Hundred.
A group of crofts which share in one common grazings
A unit of survey of the U.S. Public Land Survey. It is an area bounded on the east and west by meridians located about 6 miles apart. A township is normally a square that is subdivided into 36 sections, each of which are approximately 1 mile square. Township, range, and section locations are shown on most topographic maps, for example.
in a government survey, is a square tract six miles on each side containing thirty-six square miles of land; a name given to the civil and political subdivisions of a county.
in the public land survey system of land description, a division of land equaling 36 square miles. Townships are bounded by two successive Range Lines on the east and west and two successive Township Lines on the north and south.
A division of territory 6 mites square, containing 36 sections or 36 square miles.
In the Government Survey System, a parcel of land 6 miles square containing 36 sections, each one a mile square.
Parcel of land six miles square and containing 36 sections.
Part of a subdivision of United States Public Lands. A township contains 36 sections uniformly numbered starting with the northeast section, and each one mile square.
A square land unit 6 miles on each side (area 36 square miles).
Subdivision of the public lands of the United States; each township usually contains 36 sections; a section usually contains 640 acres.
A six mile square tract delineated by a government rectangular survey.
A piece of property, used in the government survey system of land description, which is 6 miles square, and contains36 sections, each 1 mile square; and consists of 23,040 acres.
In the government survey system of land description, the area between two township lines and two range lines; normally contains 36 sections of approximately 640 acres each.
In the United States Public Land Survey a quadrangle of approximately 6 miles on a side consisting of 36 sections.
A division of land that is six miles square, containing 36 square-mile sections
A parcel of land which is 6 miles by 6 miles and contains 36 square miles. It has 36 sections, each being 1 mile square.
A territorial subdivision, six miles long, six miles wide, and containing thirty-six sections, each one mile square.
Six-mile by six-mile square area of land delineated by Government Rectangular Survey.
The term township is used to denote a lower level territorial subdivision. Townships exist in Canada, China, South Africa, and the United States of America. For more information on townships specific to these countries, please follow the links below.
The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems no town need be involved. Specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within a county.
A township in the United States refers to a small geographic area, ranging in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15.6 km² to 140.4 km²), with 36 square miles (93 km²) being the norm.
When referring to Political Divisions of China, township is the standard English translation of the Chinese 乡 (xiÄng).
In the Highlands and Islands of Scotland a crofting township means a group of agricultural smallholdings (each with its own few hectares of pasture and arable land (in-bye land)) holding in common a substantial tract of unimproved upland grazing. Like older Scottish landmeasurements, such as the davoch, quarterland and oxgang, the extent of a township often varies according to the quality of the land it is on, and this can range from a hundred to a few thousand hectares.
A township in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is a unit of local government (see civil township) subordinate to a county, and distinct from cities and boroughs. Townships were established based on convenient geographical boundaries and vary in size from six to forty square miles (10–74 km²).
The Townships of Taiwan are administrative subdivisions of Taiwan counties. Most townships in Taiwan are rural areas but larger cities are administered as townships as well.