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Penn Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Townships are geographic and political subdivisions of a county. The township is identified by a name, such as Penn Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Feb 7, 2006 · The township, introduced into Canada in the late 1700s, is the basic land-survey division of land. Townships of varying sizes were laid out in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but they were essentially superseded by the COUNTY structure.
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County. The County is the principal division of land...
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In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use: In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a canton. Townships are referred to as "lots" in Prince Edward Island; they merely form census subdivisions and are not administrative units.
The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the country itself.
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There are 444 municipalities in Ontario. Municipalities have a broad range of powers and responsibilities under the Municipal Act, 2001, the City of Toronto Act, 2006(for the City of Toronto) and over 100 provincial acts.
There are three types of Ontario municipalities, depending on whether they operate within a single-tier or two-tier government structure.
The name of a municipality may include a term like township, village, town, city, county or region, but it does not determine the status of the municipality (for example, the County of Prince Edward is a single-tier municipality). Municipalities may change their name if certain requirements are met, including making sure that the new name is not us...
We'll start with the largest grouping, the township. The location of a particular township is given using the terminology of 'township and range'. The township is named in reference to a Principal Meridian and a Baseline. Here is an example, T.2N., R.1E.
Township, unit of government found primarily in the northeast and north central United States; it is a subdivision of a county and is usually 36 square miles (about 93 square kilometres) in area. The term civil township is sometimes used to distinguish it from the congressional, or survey, township.
The official name of your municipality may include a term such as township, village, town or city. You will be familiar with terms such as county or region, often used in the names of upper-tier municipalities.
