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TOWNSHIP

California Department of Real Estate

Updated 08-20-2026

TOWNSHIP

In the survey of public lands of the United States, a territorial subdivision six miles long, six miles wide and containing 36 sections, each one mile square, located between two range lines and two township lines.

California Department of Real Estate Glossary

California Department of Real Estate · p. 33

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