Are there standard lengths for city blocks?

Question

I have been in lots of cities in my life and it sure seems like some blocks are longer in some cities than in others. I kind of assumed that there was a specific length when they first laid out the town.

Answer 1

No, there is no "standard city block". This is especially true in older cities, where there was no city planning and no standards when those cities were set out, sometimes two centuries ago. Streets were not straight, they tended to wander and meander around where old trails and carriages wore ruts in the dirt and mud, and plots of land were not standardized.
In later years, into the 20th century, there were many new cities that were planned on a grid pattern, so the length of city blocks would be standardized WITHIN THAT CITY. but they may be different in ANOTHER CITY.

City lots for houses more than 60 or 70 years ago had to take into account houses that had to have a barn for horses, and a back yard for livestock or a garden. Not something that city planners take into account today ! But those cities with those old lots still exist, and the distances between buildings and between streets were very much different than today.

So, yes there are standards and recommended distances that some city planners have put into new subdivisions today; but there are no mandated standards statewide, or nationwide.

Answer 2

No. There is no standard length for city blocks.

Answer 3

well here where i live they are 2 kms

Answer 4

There's no way possible. There are too many variables.