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Centuriation
Centuriation was the Roman method of dividing land into a regular orthogonal grid of plots, marked by roads and ditches, to allocate land to colonists and register it for taxation.
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785, adopted May 20, 1785 by the Confederation Congress, created the rectangular public-land survey: 6-mile townships of 36 sections (640 acres each), school-section reservations, and the basis of the PLSS.
Parallel 36°30′ north
Parallel 36°30′ north, the Missouri Compromise line and Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665, a US latitude dividing Virginia/North Carolina, Kentucky/Tennessee, and slave from free territory.
Public Land Survey System
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the U.S. rectangular township-range-section land grid created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 and maintained by the BLM for legal land descriptions.
Section (United States land surveying)
A section in US land surveying is a one-square-mile, 640-acre unit of the Public Land Survey System; 36 sections form a township under the Land Ordinance of 1785, with aliquot subdivisions, correction lines, and BLM administration.