I had a client asking for a print of several square miles of a county. She wanted a layout of several miles and the layout of a township is very logical, but not intuitive.
The area shaded in yellow is one Township. 36 square miles, and most of the USA is setup in a Township, Section and Range. The township has a name as well as a numerical designation, like Township 14-north, Range 21 west, then the section number. With the section, township and range of a property description I can find an aerial photo of a property and show it over multiple years.
The client asked for a 9 square mile area centered on section 27. So I have to find the sections on all sides and that is 9 square miles. I spent an hour in the program I use on just occasion to layout a print. I have everything set up, but it had one identifier on the file that I did not want on my final print. Somewhere buried deep in some sub, sub, sub menu a radio button has options and a way to do what I wanted. I finally said screw it, and made a PDF, opened it in Photoshop and edited out the offending text in seconds. Sometimes a workaround is the most logical way to get to the end product.
And those lines are wiggly just a bit because it is real township in Oklahoma, and the hills and terrain prevent every section from being straight in reality.