A Township Map


A Township contains 36 Sections arranged in this order. Each Section is one mile square and therefore each Township is six miles square. They are named according to their location. T15N R16E indicates that it is the 15th Township (or 90 miles) north of the Baseline and the 16th (or 96 miles) east of the Meridian. For Noxubee County, the Baseline is at 32 degrees North Latitude and the Meridian (in this case called the "Choctaw Meridian") is at 90 degrees West Longitude.

   Township:               Range:                  County:
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   |     6     |     5     |     4     |     3     |     2     |     1     |
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   |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |    12     |
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   |    18     |    17     |    16     |    15     |    14     |    13     |
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   |    19     |    20     |    21     |    22     |    23     |    24     |
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   |    30     |    29     |    28     |    27     |    26     |    25     |
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   |    31     |    32     |    33     |    34     |    35     |    36     |
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Land is located by dividing the Section into Halves and Quarters. A sixteenth is a Quarter of a Quarter. This page can be printed so that you can draw in your land plat. See: Graphic Display and Land Grants.
Land Grants