Chap. 4

Question 1

Rectangular (government) survey method

Answer 1

• a system established in 1785 by the federal gov. providing for surveying and describing land by reference to principal meridians and base lines;used mainly west of the Mississippi River
• 37 principal meridians in US
• sections are numbered 1-36
• townships are 6 mile square and contain 36 square miles (23,040 acres)