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Township, range, and section are abbreviated as T, R, and S, respectively, and cardinal bearings from the initial point by N, S, E, and W; each principal meridian also has its established abbreviation. Thus, for example, the description "T1SR20E S13 MDM" reads as follows: Township 1 South, Range 20 East, Section 13, Mount Diablo Meridian.
In Missouri, only counties of the third and fourth classes, which are those with a total assessed valuation under $450,000,000, may have township governments, but are not required to. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2021, 20 of the 114 Missouri counties had township governments, containing 285 townships. [ 2 ]
The existence of section lines made property descriptions far more straightforward than the old metes and bounds system. The establishment of standard east-west and north-south lines ("township" and "range lines") meant that deeds could be written without regard to temporary terrain features such as trees, piles of rocks, fences, and the like, and be worded in the style such as "Lying and ...
Because township government is defined by each state, the use of this form also varies by state. States using a township form include the following: Township government is used in Indiana, Iowa [5], Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin (in Wisconsin known as towns).
The Ozark Region, Its History and Its People, A History of Lawrence County, p. 154; Missouri Manual, 1905–06, p. 376. It is located at Township 29 N, Range 25 W, Section 28. (--Map of Lawrence County, as issued by The State Highway Commission of Missouri.)
C. Cairo Township, Randolph County, Missouri; Caldwell Township, Callaway County, Missouri; Callao Township, Macon County, Missouri; Calumet Township, Pike County ...
Section 34, Township 26 North, Range 23 West [16 36°55′02″N 93°26′54″W / 36.917222°N 93.448333°W / 36.917222; -93.448333 ( Southwest Missouri Prehistoric Rock Shelter and Cave Sites Discontiguous Archeological
The survey townships are represented by the numbers (horizontal "town" and vertical "range" numbers), and the civil townships using the same boundaries are represented by the names. 1877 map of Warren County, Indiana. Of the civil townships shown on this map, only Pine Township in the north exactly matches a survey township with 36 sections.