Convert Roods to Homesteads
Convert Roods (ro) to Homesteads (hmstd) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
hmstd = ro × 0.0015625
About Roods
A rood (ro) is a traditional English unit of land area equal to one quarter of an acre, or 40 square rods, approximately 1,011.71 m². Originating in medieval England, the rood was used alongside the acre and the perch for describing land ownership. The name shares its root with 'rod,' the linear unit used to measure it. While largely obsolete in modern use, roods still appear in old English legal documents, historical land surveys, and certain rural property records in England and Wales.
About Homesteads
A homestead is a land area unit of exactly 160 acres (approximately 64.75 hectares or 0.6475 km²) - one quarter of a one-square-mile section - established by the US Homestead Act of 1862. The Act promised 160 acres to settlers willing to farm the land for five years, transforming the American West: over 270 million acres (about 10% of the entire continental US) were granted to 1.6 million homesteaders. In the US Public Land Survey System, one homestead equals a quarter-section, with four homesteads forming one full section of 640 acres.
Quick Reference Table
| Roods (ro) | Homesteads (hmstd) |
|---|---|
| 1 ro | 0.0015625 hmstd |
| 2 ro | 0.003125 hmstd |
| 5 ro | 0.0078125 hmstd |
| 10 ro | 0.015625 hmstd |
| 25 ro | 0.0390625 hmstd |
| 50 ro | 0.078125 hmstd |
| 100 ro | 0.15625 hmstd |