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[ronny]

How many feet is 318 vrs. and how many feet is 76 poles ? this is from an old deed on some land i'm looking to buy.
Thanks

[ColinR]

R u sure it does not say 76 rods?

[boh347]

Texas Land Measure
For convenience and reference, some figures pertinent to land measures and quantities are appended:

1 Vara -- 331/3 Inches -- 2.7777 Feet -- 36 Vrs. 100 ft
1/2 Vara -- 162/3 Inches -- 1.388 Feet
1 Chain -- 100 Links -- 66 Ft -- 1 Link 1.92 Inches
1 Mile -- 5,280 Ft. -- 80 Chains -- 1,900.8 Vrs
1/2 Mile -- 2,640 Ft -- 40 Chains -- 950.4 Vrs
1/4 Mile -- 1,320 Ft -- 20 Chains -- 475.2 Vrs
1 Acre -- 43,560 Sq. Ft. -- 5645.3757 Sq. Vrs.
1 Acre -- 208.71 Ft. Sq. -- 75.1357 Vrs. Sq.
1 Sq. Mile -- 27,878,400 Sq. Ft. -- 3,613,040.45 Sq. Vrs.
1 Sq. Mile -- 640 Acres.
1 Labor -- 1,000 Vrs. Sq -- 177.14 Ac.
1 League -- 5,000 Vrs. -- 13,888.88 Ft. Sq. -- 4428.40 Ac
1 League -- 6.919 Sq. Miles

To reduce Varas to Yards divide by 1.08
To reduce Yards to Varas multiply 1.08
To reduce Varas to Feet divide by .36
To reduce Feet to Varas multiply by .36
To reduce Sq. Vrs. to Sq. Ft. multiply by 7.716049
To reduce Sq. Ft. to Sq. Vrs. divide by 7.716049
To reduce Sq. Vrs. to Acres multiply by 0.000177136
To reduce Acres to Sq. Vrs. multiply by 5645.3757
1 rod = 16.5 feet (16 feet 6 inches)

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

Good chart. I was looking for those.

[ronny]

R u sure it does not say 76 rods?

It says pole But I think it could mean rods

[kornsqueezer]

318vrs= 883.33333 ft, 76poles =1254ft. Did a google search.

[ronny]

318vrs= 883.33333 ft, 76poles =1254ft. Did a google search.

Thanks