Ahhhh...if sections only WERE actually square and DID actually contain 640 acres, how much simpler life would be for surveyors, owners, etc... Now, I can't comment on the midwest plains or the east, but out here (Calif, OR) things aren't that regular, and I'm NOT talking about the adjustments made for laying out squares on a round surface (always along the north and west section lines, if I remember correctly) NOR the allowances made for public lake areas etc ("Gov't Lots"), which're separate situations. Out here, some of the old GLO (Gov't Land Office Offical Surveys) that the Township/Sections are laid out from, were then made by what's mre kindly called "reconnaissance methods" (ie, guessed at because the country was rough and the surveyor was the low bidder), so we have Offical GLO Plats with lots of section lines off true with consequent variations in acreage... As John T said, reading legal desc's is a highly complex field, which has its own rules and backgrounds, which sometimes (often?) leaves you with less (or more) than is apparent to the inexperienced... As John T said, Township, in sectionland lingo is NOT a POLITICAL Township but a square grid of 36 sections...well, relatively square...mostly...
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Today's Featured Article - Show Coverage: Argyle and Mt. Pleasant Labor Day Weekend Shows - by Cindy Ladage. The last fling before summer fades into fall and we get busy in the fields are the annual Labor Day tractor shows. Beginning on September 5th and running through the 7th, the Argyle Antique Gas and Engine Show is held at the Argyle State Park. Located in West Central Illinois, the pine forest was the setting for the opening of the 22nd show. This year we decided to try to sell a few tractor parts, literature and wrenches to offset my husband's buying sprees. Saturday
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