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township

[ toun-ship ]

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noun

a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
(in U.S. surveys of public land) a region or district approximately 6 miles square (93.2 sq. km), containing 36 sections.
English History.
1. one of the local divisions or districts of a large parish, each containing a village or small town, usually with a church of its own.
2. the manor, parish, etc., itself.
3. its inhabitants.
(in Australia)
1. a small town or settlement serving as the business center of a rural area.
2. the business center of a town or suburb.
(formerly, in South Africa) a segregated residential settlement for Black people, located outside a city or town.

township

/ ˈtaʊnʃɪp /

a small town
(in the Scottish Highlands and islands) a small crofting community
(in the US and Canada) a territorial area, esp a subdivision of a county: often organized as a unit of local government
See location
(formerly, in South Africa) a planned urban settlement of Black Africans or Coloured people Compare location
English history
1. any of the local districts of a large parish, each division containing a village or small town
2. the particular manor or parish itself as a territorial division
3. the inhabitants of a township collectively

First recorded before 900; Middle English tounship “community,” Old English tūnscipe “village community”; town, -ship

You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.

And now this quiet township had also become the home of an ugly mosque controversy.

In February 2011, during a winter storm, a tree fell into a creek in Franklin Township, New Jersey, and caused flooding.

The people of Fairview Township, Pa. can finally sleep at night knowing the Ku Klux Klan is watching over them.

Mormons first came to England in 1837, just seven years after Joseph Smith founded the Church in Fayette Township, New York.

Brockton was a part of Bridgewater until 1821, when it was incorporated as the township of North Bridgewater.

But Mort knows just how many voters there are in every township and just how they line up election morning.

About the same time Warwick was divided and a new township set out under the name of Coventry.

Abercrombie—a township in the parish of Abercrombie and county of Somerset.

Summerleas—a township in the parish of Kingborough and county of Buckingham.

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