TOWNSHIP LINE

In the generally recognized U.S. Public Land Survey, every 24 miles a station is indicated measuring both east and west from a predetermined principal meridian. Similar measurements are also taken north and south from a predetermined base line. In this manner a succession of quadrilaterals are formed, each roughly 24 miles square. Each of these is subdivided into 16 smaller quadrilaterals roughly six miles square. In this system of grid lines, north-south lines become Range Lines and east-west lines become Township Lines.