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...
- Lakeview Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The po****tion was 194 as of the 2000 census. Lakeview Township was so named...
- Lake View Township is a township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The po****tion was 1,685 at the 2010 census. Lake View Township was organized...
- Seneca Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The po****tion was 1,155 at the 2020 census. According to the United...
- 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 a geographic reference...
- organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight...
- Freehold Township is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several major highways, the township is a commercial...
- Woodbridge Township is a township in northern Middle**** County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a regional hub of transportation and commerce...
- Liberty Township may refer to: Liberty Township, Carroll County, Arkansas Liberty Township, Dallas County, Arkansas, in Dallas County, Arkansas Liberty...