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The basic unit of the Township and Range System is a section. A section contains 640 acres. Thirty-six sections in a square pattern, (6 miles by 6 miles), makes up a township. The following diagram shows the numbering of a township: | The basic unit of the Township and Range System is a section. A section contains 640 acres. Thirty-six sections in a square pattern, (6 miles by 6 miles), makes up a township. The following diagram shows the numbering of a township: | ||