PLSS map of FL, AL, LA

The map above illustrates the Public Land Survey System.  PLSS is a useful way to subdivide land into plots for ownership purposes. Each red square on the map represents a township, which is 6 miles wide by 6 miles wide.  Each township is then subdivided again into 36 equal sections, measuring 1 mile by 1 mile.  This individual map shows  how land is divided in the Florida panhandle, Alabama, and Louisiana.  The purple outline represents Franklin county, Alabama.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alfrankl/landrecords.htm