What Is A Quarter Section

Legal subdivision deeds and other documents often contain language that describes a parcel of land.
What is a quarter section. 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. In the kansas area and may have been somewhat different for other areas and times of settlement an immigrant applied to homestead a quarter section or piece of ground 1 2 mile by 1 2 mile square 160 acres.
In the figure a b and c are all quarter sections and 1 2 3 and 4 together make a quarter section. 1804 in the meaning defined above. Quarter section definition in surveying and homesteading a square tract of land half a mile on each side thus containing sq.
In the figure 1 2 3 and 4 are each quarter quarter sections. A b and c are quarters of 160 acres each. 2003 2012 princeton university farlex inc.
A parcel of land described by starting with a 640 acre section dividing it into quarters and then dividing one of the quarters into fourths again. Thus in a legal document a 40 acre parcel might. Definition of quarter section.
Want to thank tfd for its existence. A tract of land that is half a mile square and contains 160 acres in the u s. Quarter section a parcel of land described by starting with a 640 acre section and then dividing it into four equal quarters each with 60 acres.
A section has 640 acres. This is what is called a section. Government system of land surveying.