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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @07:22AM (#35626832)
Much of the inner US was divided by the Homestead Acts of the 1860's into square mile (640 acre) sections, 160 acre quarters, and then further into forty's. cf "back forty". These are all square.
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