What key events happened during Millard Fillmore's presidency? The Compromise of 1850 was approved with Fillmore's blessing. Like most compromises, it pleased no one, but helped stave off the Civil War for 10 years.
A brass disc in concrete marking a quarter section corner. In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
A 1-acre plot of land is equivalent to 43,560 square feet or 4,840 square yards. An acre is also equal to about 75 percent of the size of a football field.