Long Measure
Distance
| Conversion
|
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1 mile
| 80 chains 320 rods 5280 feet
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1 Chain
| 4 rods 66 feet 100 links
|
1 Rod
| 5 1/2 yards 16 1/2 feet 25 links
|
1 Link
| 0.66 feet 7 7/8 inches
|
Square Measure
Distance
| Conversion
|
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1 Square Mile | Regular section 640 acres
|
1 Acre* | 10 square chains 160 square rods 43,560 square feet
|
1 Square Road | 30 1/4 square yards 272 1/4 square feet
|
1 Square Feet | 144 square inches |
*An Acre is about 208 3/4 feet squared. An Acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long, or any area the product of whose length by its width (in rods) is 160 or in chains is 10.