Township (Public Lands Survey System)/Definition

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Township (Public Lands Survey System) [r]: A unit of the Public Lands Survey System that was typically 6 miles wide and 6 miles tall. A township was typically made of of 36 sections, where each section was approximately one square Mile (Unit of Measurement).