Convert Acres to Townships
Convert Acres (ac) to Townships (twp) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
twp = ac × 4.340277778e-5
About Acres
An acre is a traditional unit of land area used primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, and countries with British heritage. One acre equals 43,560 ft² or about 4,047 m². Historically based on the area a yoke of oxen could plow in one day, it remains the standard for measuring agricultural land, residential plots, and rural properties. A football field (without end zones) is roughly 1.32 acres, and most suburban house lots range from 0.25 to 1 acre.
About Townships
A township (twp) is a large survey unit used in the US Public Land Survey System, defined as a square with sides of 6 statute miles, giving exactly 36 square miles or approximately 93,240,000 m². Each township is subdivided into 36 one-square-mile sections of 640 acres each. The Township and Range system is how most US land west of Ohio was divided and sold; township numbers and names still appear in legal land descriptions, county records, and geographic placenames across the American Midwest and West.
Quick Reference Table
| Acres (ac) | Townships (twp) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac | 4.34 × 10-5 twp |
| 2 ac | 8.681 × 10-5 twp |
| 5 ac | 0.000217014 twp |
| 10 ac | 0.000434028 twp |
| 25 ac | 0.00108507 twp |
| 50 ac | 0.00217014 twp |
| 100 ac | 0.00434028 twp |