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This United States General Land Office diagram shows the theoretical sectioning of a standard survey township. A specific and terse location descriptor is always used, in which the townships and sections are indexed based on (1) the township's position relative to the initial point, (2) the section's location within the designated township, and ...
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 ...
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.
Bowne Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,289. [3] The township was organized as a survey township in 1848. It is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of the city of Grand Rapids.
According to the US Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km 2), of which 36.1 square miles (93 km 2) is land and 0.03% is water.Nearly all of the township is in the drainage basin of the Thornapple River, which flows through the northern part.
The Charter Township of Genesee, or Genesee Township, is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the Public Land Survey System, the township is survey area township 8 north, range 7 east. [3] The population was 20,581 at the 2020 census, down from 21,581 at the 2010 census.
Clay Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,446 at the 2020 census. [2] The township is located along the mouth of the St. Clair River at Lake St. Clair. The river delta includes numerous islands, in which Harsens Island is the largest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.45 square miles (91.82 km 2), of which 35.18 square miles (91.12 km 2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km 2) (0.76%) is water. [6] Greenbush Township is located in northern Clinton County and is bordered by Gratiot County to the north.