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Subject: [RHEA-L] Townships and meaning therof in US and Canada
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:02:34 EDT
<< Twp. stands for Township. (1) In the U.S. and Canada an administrative
division of a county with varying corporate powers. (2) (In U.S. surveys of
public land) a region or district approximately six miles square, containing
36 sections.
Deeds for the sale or purchase of land contain the Twp. number; Section
number
and Range number which identifies a particular area in a particular county.
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