Which statement is true about Rectangular Government Survey?

• A. It is arranged in grids and uses principal meridians and base lines.
• B. It relies on monuments and POB.
• C. It uses only metes and bounds.
• D. It does not involve grids.

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is how land is located and described using the rectangular government survey system. This method creates a regular grid across land using principal meridians (north–south reference lines) and base lines (east–west reference lines). That grid forms townships and ranges, with each township 6 miles on a side and divided into 36 sections of 1 square mile. Descriptions reference where a parcel sits in that grid, rather than describing distances and directions from natural features or monuments. Monuments may mark corners, but the essential framework is the grid established by the principal meridians and base lines. This is what makes the statement true: land is arranged in grids and defined by those reference lines.