Did you know ...

• the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge protects nearly 7,000 acres of American crocodile habitat in southern Florida?
• the community of Half Acre, Alabama, once contained half an acre of land that was deeded to The Devil?
• together with the Treaty of Mendota, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded nearly 24 million acres of Sioux land to the United States in exchange for cash and annuities?
• the eruption of Pu'u 'O'o added 544 acres (2.2 km²) of land to the island of Hawaii?
• land under cultivation has grown from under 400,000 acres in 1976 to more than eight million acres in 1993 thanks to the irrigation in Saudi Arabia?
• Caesars Creek State Park has 7,900 acres centered around a 2,800 acre lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
• Pike Island in Minnesota was part of the 100,000 acres (405 km²) purchased from the Dakota Indians in 1805 by Zebulon Pike?
• despite their names, Little Bolton had a larger acreage than Great Bolton?
• Ash Lawn-Highland, the former home of U.S. President James Monroe, has been transformed into a 535-acre working farm, museum, and site for the performing arts?