I am not at all clear that the whole country is surveyed into
townships. I am pretty sure that is not true in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, and may not be true in New England either. In Pennsylvania you
can have townships and towns, and they are differentiated by population
and manner of government. New England has town meetings, but
Pennsylvania does not. Norristown is a town, with a mayor, in
Montgomery County, but my husband grew up in Ridley Township in Delaware
County, which was governed differently (but I don't remember how.), and
which cannot be more than a couple of square miles. They all have their
own police, which causes a lot of jurisdictional problems. There are
also boroughs, which have mayors.
Elizabeth C
Carl Cox wrote:
<<However in Upstate NY, counties are divided into
towns. Cities are not in towns, but are in counties.
Villages are in towns within counties. Some folks
live in the town without being in a village, but others
live in the village within the town within the county,>>
The country is surveyed into townships. In the Midwest and the West a
township is 6 miles square, made up of 36 sections each 1 mile square. But
the townships in the Eastern seaboard states are of uncertain area and
shape, yet perform the same function. Township is often shortened to Town,
and the government of such could be a Town Meeting. Villages would be
located within townships (towns) as you have indicated.
Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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