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  2. Acre - Wikipedia

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    One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters.

  4. List of largest lakes of the United States by area - Wikipedia

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    24 Lake Powell: Arizona–Utah: 251 sq mi 650 km 2: man-made 25 Kentucky Lake: Kentucky–Tennessee: 250 sq mi 647 km 2: man-made 26 Lake Mead: Arizona–Nevada: 247 sq mi 640 km 2: man-made 27 Naknek Lake: Alaska: 242 sq mi 627 km 2: natural 28 Lake Winnebago: Wisconsin: 215 sq mi 557 km 2: natural 29 Mille Lacs Lake: Minnesota: 207 sq mi 536 ...

  5. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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    A quarter section is 160 acres (65 ha) and a "quarter-quarter section" is 40 acres (16 ha). In 1832 the smallest area of land that could be acquired was reduced to the 40-acre (16 ha) quarter-quarter section, and this size parcel became entrenched in American mythology.

  6. Oelwein, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Size: 3 acres (12,000 m 2). Located at 2nd Street and Hillside Drive SE, this park offers a basketball court, playground equipment, picnic facilities, new and improved tennis courts, and new playground equipment installed by the Kids Playground Fund. Wings Park. Size: 24 acres (97,000 m 2). Located at 4th Street and 5th Avenue NE, Wings Park is ...

  7. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    In the original Homestead Act of 1862, during the Lincoln administration, each settler was allocated 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land, a quarter-section. Later amendments of the Homestead Act allocated more land, as much as 640 acres (2.6 km 2), a section. This was a good revision to apply to land that was drier or more desolate than the earlier ...

  8. Atlanta annexations and wards - Wikipedia

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    24 acres (9.7 ha) 1979: 21 acres (8.5 ha) 1954: 17 acres (6.9 ha) 1978: ... tripling the size of the city to 118 square miles (310 km 2) and adding 100,000 residents ...

  9. The Wharf (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The neighborhood encompasses 24 acres (9.7 hectares) of land, 50 acres (20 hectares) of water, and contain 3.2 million square feet (300,000 m 2) of retail, residential, and entertainment space along 1 mile (1.6 km) of the Potomac River shoreline from the Francis Case Memorial Bridge to Fort McNair. [5]