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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Measurement Conversions </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#faebd7"> <H3><CENTER>Measurement Conversions for State-Land States</CENTER> <H4><CENTER>(All measurements are approximate)</CENTER></H4> </H3> <STRONG>1 chain = </STRONG><BR> 100 links<BR> 4 rods/poles/perches<BR> 0.10 furlongs<BR> 1/80th mile<BR> 22 yards<BR> 66 feet<BR> 23.76 varas<P> <STRONG>1 link = 7.92 inches</STRONG><P> <STRONG>1 furlong =</STRONG><BR> 10 chains<BR> 1006 links<BR> 40 rods/poles/perches<BR> 1/8th mile<BR> 237 yards<BR> 664 feet<P> <STRONG>1 rod/pole/perch = </STRONG><BR> 0.25 chains<BR> 0.025 furlongs<BR> 0.003135 miles<BR> 0.594 varas<BR> 16.5 feet<P> <STRONG>1 mile = </STRONG><BR> 80 chains<BR> 1,760 yards<BR> 5,280 feet<BR> 320 rods/poles/perches<BR> 8 furlongs<BR> 1,901 varas<P> <STRONG>1 league = </STRONG><BR> 5,000 varas square<BR> 13,889 feet square<BR> 4,428.4 acres<P> <STRONG>1 labor = </STRONG><BR> 1,000 varas square<BR> 2,788 feet square<BR> 177.136 acres<P> <STRONG>1 acre = </STRONG><BR> 160 rods square<BR> 10 square chains<BR> 5,645.4 square varas<BR> 75.13 varas square<BR> 43,560 square feet<BR> 4,840 square yards<P> <STRONG>1 arpent =</STRONG><BR> 0.84 acres<BR> 36, 590 square feet<BR> 4,066 square years<P> <HR> Source: <EM>Organization of States Lands</EM>, page 63, found in the NC Room, Forsyth County Library, Winston Salem, NC<P> <IMG SRC="coff.gif"><a href="index.html"> Return to Jarvis Family & Other Relatives Homepage</a><P> <IMG SRC="coff.gif"><a href="gen.html"> Return to Genealogical Research Page</a><P> </BODY> </HTML>