Understanding Township Section Numbering - Historical Survey Diagram #197425 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white schematic illustrates the U.S. Public Land Survey System’s standard township layout: a 6×6 grid of 36 one-square-mile sections, numbered in a distinctive boustrophedonic pattern. Key annotations include mile and chain measurements (e.g., “1 Mile”, “480 Chains”), and repeated border numbers indicating adjoining townships. The diagram serves as an educational tool for land surveyors, historians, and geographers studying cadastral systems.

Typically used in academic, governmental, or land management contexts-such as GIS training, historical land records research, or legal descriptions of property-to explain how townships are subdivided and referenced. Matches user intent for learning survey fundamentals or interpreting old land deeds.