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Square Rod

A square rod (also called a perch or pole) is a unit of area used in land measurement. It is the area of a square with each side one rod long.

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  1 rod = 16.5 feet (5.029 meters)

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

  
  
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  160 square rods = 1 acre

  
  

Square rods were historically used in surveying and property descriptions.

Varas Castellanas Cuadradas

Varas castellanas is an old Spanish unit of length, and varas castellanas cuadradas refers to the corresponding unit of area (square varas castellanas).

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  1 vara castellana ≈ 0.8359 meters

  
  
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  1 square vara castellana = (0.8359 m)² ≈ 0.6988 m²

  
  

This unit was historically used in Spain and Spanish colonies for measuring land and building areas. It is mostly obsolete today but can still appear in old land records.