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...
- Insein Township and Mingaladon Township in the north, North Dagon Township, North Okkalapa Township, South Okkalapa Township and Yankin Township in the...
- Heidelberg Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Heidelberg Township, Lebanon...
- Lakewood Township may refer to: Lakewood Township, Shelby County, Illinois Lakewood Township, New Jersey Lakewood Township, Lake of the Woods County,...
- Hopewell Township may refer to: Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania Hopewell Township, ****berland...
- Caledonia Township may refer to the following places in the United States: Caledonia Township, Boone County, Illinois Caledonia Township, O'Brien County...
- School Manheim Township School District Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania West Manheim Township, Pennsylvania North Manheim Township, Pennsylvania...