Definition of Township. Meaning of Township. Synonyms of Township

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Definition of Township

Township
Township Town"ship, n. 1. The district or territory of a town. Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county. 2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections. 3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Meaning of Township from wikipedia

- A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally...
- A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern...
- Springfield Township, Pennsylvania may refer to: Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the most populous town named Springfield in Pennsylvania...
- A township in some states of the United States is a small geographic area. The term is used in three ways. A survey township is simply a geographic reference...
- Abington Township may refer to the following places in the United States: Abington Township, Mercer County, Illinois Abington Township, Wayne County,...
- Gilpin and Parks Townships Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Cambria County...
- Heidelberg Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Heidelberg Township, Lebanon...
- Hanover Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania Hanover Township, Lehigh...
- Windsor Township may refer to the following places: Windsor Township, Shelby County, Illinois Windsor Township, Fayette County, Iowa Windsor Township, Cowley...
- Greenwood Township may refer to: Greenwood Township, Baxter County, Arkansas, in Baxter County, Arkansas Greenwood Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas...