MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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Each 6 by 6 mile square land areas had a total of???? square mile sections in it.
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12
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640
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36
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18
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -640 acres (in 1 section) x 36 sections (in 1 township) = 23, 040 acres.
Detailed explanation-2: -Townships are subdivided into SECTIONS. Since each township is six miles by six miles, township contains 36 square miles, each one forming a section.
Detailed explanation-3: -In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System, a section is an area nominally one square mile, containing 640 acres, with 36 sections making up one township on a rectangular grid.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exactly 640 acres are in one square mile, and one mile equals 1609 meters.
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