Homestead
A homestead is a historical American unit of land area equal to 160 acres (one quarter-section of a survey township), or approximately 64.75 hectares. Established by the United States Homestead Act of 1862 under President Abraham Lincoln, it represented the standard plot of public land granted to applicants for agricultural settlement. This unit defined the rural geography and land distribution patterns across the American West.
Metric
- Square kilometre (km²)0.65
- Hectare (ha)64.75
- Are (a)6,474.97
- Square metre (m²)647,496.87
- Square decimetre (dm²)64,749,687.42
- Square centimetre (cm²)6.47×10⁹
- Square millimetre (mm²)6.47×10¹¹
- Square micrometre (µm²)6.47×10¹⁷
- Square nanometre (nm²)6.47×10²³
British/American
- Township0.01
- Square mile0.25
- Homestead1
- Acre160
- Rood640
- Square rod25,600
- Square69,695.98
- Square yard (yr²)774,399.79
- Square foot (ft²)6,969,598.08
- Square inch (in²)1×10⁹
Other
- Metric dunam647.5
- Cypriot dunam484
- Iraqi dunam259
- Football pitch90.69
Brazilian
- Alqueire paulista26.76
- Alqueire mineiro13.38
- Alqueire baiano6.68
- Alqueire do norte23.81