Range
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the United States government surveys of lands, the "townships" (q. v.) are ranged in tiers east or west of a given meridian, such ranges therefore being a row of towns in a north and south direction. The "towns" are tiers lying at right angles to the ranges.