In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640...

The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling...

States land surveying), an area nominally one square mile Section, an area of one square mile in Dominion Land Survey, Western Canada Section, part of the...

initial surveying was performed by Thomas Hutchins. After he died in 1789, responsibility for surveying was transferred to the Surveyor General. Land was...

(2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several...

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions...

A survey township, sometimes called a Congressional township or just township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System and by Canada's Dominion...

Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime borders with Russia...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the...

(GNSS) surveying, a baseline is the line between two GNSS receivers to determine the 3D coordinate difference. In the United States Public Land Survey System...

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was a written report created by a board of experts assembled to produce an impartial assessment of the...

land is normally 2⁄3 of a Tagwerk ("day work") of ploughing with an ox Public Land Survey System Quarter acre Section (United States land surveying)...

than from the geographical center as in the Burkle system. Section (United States land surveying) Watts, R.D., R.W. Compton, J.H. McCammon, C.L. Rich, and...

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated...

of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article One...

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...

Construction surveying or building surveying (otherwise known as "staking", "stake-out", "lay-out", or "setting-out") is to provide dimensional control...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...

the Earth's surface. They are used in geodetic and land surveying. A benchmark is a type of survey marker that indicates elevation (vertical position)...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

the United States owned and managed by the federal government. Pursuant to the Property Clause of the United States Constitution (Article 4, section 3,...

means of more precise tax assessment. Cadastral surveying is the sub-field of cadastre and surveying that specialises in the establishment and re-establishment...

Delaware Bay. However, the two states also share two land borders. For example, in Pennsville, New Jersey, a section of land that is mainly marsh (approximately...

United States' territory includes clearly defined geographical area and refers to an area of land, air, or sea under jurisdiction of United States federal...

the Woods County, Minnesota. Excluding surveying errors, it is the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel, which forms...

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...

the United States, with the year established and a brief summary of what areas' land surveys are based on each. Primarily from the United States Government...

property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the United States General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles...

federal government can enforce section three and not the states. The fourth section was held, in Perry v. United States (1935), to prohibit Congress from...

individual who is not a citizen of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 1101(a)(22) of title 8) and who is not...