This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QV.2ADI/132.3 Message Board Post: Here's another link to a map of Independence County showing Twnshp & Range: http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/Maps/Counties/1936/minde36.tif There are 36 sections in a Twnshp/Range block - 6 across, 6 down. The sections are numbered from right to left, starting at the NE corner (1 thru 6 in the first row, 7 thru 12 in the second row, etc.). Hope this helps.