what present day states were created from the northwest territory? how many sections are in a township?
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- Land Ordinance of 1785. provided for the land in the Northwest Territory to be surveyed and divided into 36-square mile townships. Each township was divided into 36 sections of 640-acre (or one square mile) tracts. Each section was to be sold for at least $1 per acre. Because the government established by the Articles of Confederation did not give the central government the power to tax, the sale of land in the Northwest Territory was one way in which the government was able to raise much needed revenue.
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- When there were 60,000 people living in the territory, it could apply for statehood. These procedures were used as the U.S. expanded westward. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin are the five states that were created as a result of the Northwest Ordinance.
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- According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.3 square miles (93.9 km 2), of which 26.3 square miles (68.2 km 2) is land and 9.9 square miles (25.7 km 2), or 27.40%, is water.
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- Philadelphia: Everts & Peck 1883. Chapter LXXI Pequea Township. NOTE: Ellis and Evans were the editors, no author is given for the section on Pequea Township. This township was formed in 1853 from Conestoga Township so there may be additional information on Pequea in the History of Conestoga Township.
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Section (United States land surveying) A brass disc in concrete marking a quarter section corner. 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 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
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- To search for square sections of land (that falls under the Dominion Land Survey): Click the drop-down boxes to input the information you wish to search for. At minimum, you must select the Township, Range, and Meridian. To narrow your search, you may also select the Quarter (e.g. NW) and Section.
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- According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.79 square miles (97.9 km2), of which 37.7 square miles (98 km2) (or 99.76%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (or 0.26%) is water.
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Section (United States land surveying) Sections are customarily surveyed into smaller squares by repeated halving and quartering. 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. After the Civil War, Freedmen (freed slaves) were reckoned to be self-sufficient with  40 acres and a mule ..
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15.6 km² to 140.4 km²), with 36 square miles (93 km²) being the norm. The term is used in three ways.rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15.6 km² to 140.4 km²), with 36 square miles (93 km²) being the norm. The term is used in three ways.
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What is a Township and how Does it work? Michigan's local government structure can be a bit bewildering. Michigan's 1,242 townships govern the vast majority of Michigan's land area and serve over forty-five percent of Michigan's residents.Townships were the brainchild of Thomas Jefferson and were created before Michigan became a state.Andrew Jackson's philosophy of direct democracy further shaped the township government structure that serves and thrives today.ownships were the brainchild of Thomas Jefferson and were created before Michigan became a state. Andrew Jackson's philosophy of direct democracy further shaped the township government structure that serves and thrives today.
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Northwest Ordinance Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
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- According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 14.2 square miles (37 km 2), of which, 13.4 square miles (35 km 2) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2) of it (5.29%) is water.
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Township Laws Township Laws. There are many laws that govern townships, but the two main laws dealing with township administration and governance are: General townshiplaws, the Revised Statutes of 1846, R.S. of 1846 (Chapter 41 of the Michigan Compiled Laws) Charter Township Act (Chapter 42 of the Michigan Compiled Laws) All Michigan laws are available to the public on the free, searchable Michigan Legislative Website.
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- Base, Township, Range, Sections, & Corners. Base and meridian lines are similar to latitude and longitude lines. Use geographic locations, such as prominent features of the area, as reference points. Townships are rectangular blocks of land about 6 miles square.
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Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance Congress, however, feared that the new states—10 in the Northwest as well as Kentucky, Tennessee and Vermont—would quickly gain enough power to outvote the old ones and never passed the measure. Three years later, the Northwest Ordinance proposed that three to five new states be created from the Northwest Territory. Instead of adopting the legal constructs of an existing state, each territory would have an appointed governor and council.
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- The five modern-day statesthat make up the Northwest Territories are. 1  OHIO. 2  ILLINOIS. 3  INDIANA. 4  MICHIGAN. 5  WISCONSIN. 6  MINNESOTA.
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How did congress deal with western lands? They created the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. That ordinance created a single Northwest Territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.The lands were to be divided into three to five smaller territories.When the population of a territory reached 60,000, the people would petition a statehood.hat ordinance created a single Northwest Territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. The lands were to be divided into three to five smaller territories. When the population of a territory reached 60,000, the people would petition a statehood.
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- Many parcels of land are smaller than an entire section. They sometimes are the size of a quarter section. Each section is divided into 4 quarters, each being 1/4 square miles, or 160 acres. Each of the quarter sections is labeled with a quadrant direction.
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Section (United States land surveying) A brass disc in concrete marking a quarter section corner. 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 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. brass disc in concrete marking a quarter section corner. 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 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
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Section (United States land surveying) 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. After the Civil War, Freedmen (freed slaves) were reckoned to be self-sufficient with  40 acres and a mule ..
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Survey township Survey township, sometimes called Congressional township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System, refers to a square unit of land, that is nominally six (U.S. Survey) miles (~9.7 km) on a side.
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Northwest Territory Northwest Territory. On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance. The act created the Northwest Territory. It also established a form of government and specified how the various parts of the Northwest Territory could become states. The Northwest Ordinance required the creation of at least three but not more than five states from the Northwest Territory.
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- Union Township was formed in July, 1813, of territory taken from the original Township of Huntington. The Township is divided up into four regions: Muhlenburg, Reyburn, Koonsville, and Town Line. Northwest Area High School is located in the Township. Union Township has 5 community churches.
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Michigan Territory On July 3, 1836, in preparation for Michigan statehood, the Wisconsin Territory was organized from Michigan Territory, consisting of the present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas.
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How to Map Ranges, Sections and Townships We will look at section numbers again later. Let's look closer at a section. Each section in a township is divided into either halves or quarters. And then each quarter is divided into halves or into quarters (half quarter or a quarter quarter).
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- As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 5,178, reflecting a decline of 81 (-1.5%) from the 5,259 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 233 (+4.6%) from the 5,026 counted in the 1990 Census.