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Square Pole

A square pole is another name for a square rod or square perch, a traditional unit of area used in land measurement.

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  1 pole (rod) = 16.5 feet

  
  
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  1 square pole = 16.5 ft × 16.5 ft = 272.25 square feet ≈ 25.29 square meters

  
  
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  160 square poles = 1 acre

  
  

Square poles have historically been used in surveying and describing land parcels.

Square Rod (US Survey)

A square rod (US survey) is a unit of area based on the US survey foot and rod, used primarily in land surveying in the United States.

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  1 US survey rod = 16.5 US survey feet (exactly 16.5 feet)

  
  
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  1 square rod (US survey) = 16.5 ft × 16.5 ft = 272.25 square feet ≈ 25.2929 m²

  
  

The US survey square rod is slightly different in exact length than the international measurement due to the foot definition but is essentially used the same way for land measurement.