36 sections in a township
36 Sections That is considered a township In Canada
One section = 640 acres One township = 36 sections Therefore one township represents 23,040 acres
36 one square mile sections normally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_township
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Because townships are political/geographical units, the population varies widely.
The township survey system is a way of mapping land. Townships are divided into sections that are 36 square miles in size, and these sections are further subdivided.
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.
The township survey system is a way of mapping land. Townships are divided into sections that are 36 square miles in size, and these sections are further subdivided.
A Township is 6 miles by 6 miles. It is divided into 36 Sections
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.
In US surveys a township was six miles long and six miles wide. They were divided into sections and quarter sections.