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[From: IN%"ALBAN%delphi.com@UICVM.UIC.EDU" 29-MAR-1994 02:16:23.05 [To: IN%"H-RURAL%UICVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" [Subj: RE: Early American Systems of Measurement <fwd from H-Urban> rods, chains, sections, and such are still being used in many rural parts of the nation. i live in the middle of missouri, and am in the process of buying 146 acres. part of the legal description goes "mumble, mumble, and all of that part of land except a strip of land 245 feet long and two rods wide." 1 township is 36 square miles 1 section is 1 square mile, also 640 acres 1 acre is 4840 square yards, 160 square rods, 10 square chains 1 rod is 16.5 feet 1 chain is 66 feet 80 chains makes a mile, as do 320 rods there are 100 links in 1 chain, and 25 links in a rod 1 vara is 33 inches, or 2 3/4 feet. <sigh> some counties put out what is called a Plat Book, which contains all the landowners for that county, usually in pictorial form, and usually section by section, that is, square mile by square mile. some are by township by township, which helps a bit. the definitions for the rods and such, above, come from the 1994 Howard County (missouri) Plat Book. ted eisenstein, near fayette, missouri.
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