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CHAIN-a linear measure of land of 66 feet.
1 chain = 100 links
4 rods/poles/perches
0.10 furlongs
1/80th of a mile
22 yards
66 feet
23.76 varas**
LINK-a unit of measurement which is 1/100th of a chain, used
in measuring land.
1 link = 7.92 inches
FURLONG-a distance equal to 1/8 of a mile.
1 furlong = 10 chains
1006 links
40 rods/poles/perches
1/8th of a mile
237 varas
660 feet
220 yards
ROD-a unit of measure which equals 5.5 yards, 16.5 feet.
1 rod = 0.25 chains
POLE-a unit of measure equal to a perch or rod.
1 pole/perch = 0.025 furlongs
0.003125 miles
0.594 varas
16.5 feet
5.5 yards
1 mile = 80 chains
1,760 yards
5,280 feet
320 rods/poles/perches
8 furlongs
1,901 varas
LEAGUE-an English land measure of about three miles.
1 league= 5,000 varas square
13,889 feet square
4,428.4 acres
LABOR-land measure equal to 177 acres.
1 labor = 1,000 varas square
2,788 feet square
177.136 acres
1 acre = 160 rods
10 square chains
5,645.4 square varas
75.13 varas square
43,560 square feet
4,840 square yards
ARPENT-French measure of land, containing a hundred square perches,
and varying with the different values of the perch from about an
acre and a quarter to about 5/6 of an acre.
-Oxford English Dictionary
1 arpent = 0.84 acres
36,590 square feet
4,066 square yards
**VARA: an official measurement of land in Texas which equals
33 1/3 inches; 36 varas is 100 feet, 1900.8 varas is a
mile, 5,645.4 square varas is one acre.
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