On February 1, 2014 7:04:43 PM CST, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> wrote: > On 2/1/14 3:59 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: > > > > I have some trouble though with the notion of "village" in the US. > > Looking back to what I know about US (which could be partially > wrong), > > I'm not sure they really have the true notion of "village" as per > many > > other places in the world. In the US, it always seemed to be about > > isolated farms, and towns. Both from a size point of view, but most > > importantly from a functional point of view. In Europe and other > parts > > of the world, the notion of village is steeped in a long history of > a > > group of people working the land, and many times being subject to > the > > authority of one local land owner. All of that doesn't really exist > in > > the US, if my knowledge serves me right. Even the smallest of > > settlements (bigger than a farm) seemed to have started in the US > > around a group of facilities, such as shops, entertainment venues, > > trading facilities etc. - which would directly correspond > functionally > > to a town. > Village is something that will vary. in NY, a village is an > incorporated > governmental > entity which is much smaller than a city. (all of what follows is NY > specific, by the way). > where as a county in NY (NYC excepted) is completely tiled by cities > and > towns, villages > are mostly contained within towns (but some villages do cross town > boundaries.) > > in NY, Hamlet is the term used for random place names where there > isn't > a corresponding > governmental entity. > > richard > > -- > rwe...@averillpark.net > Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting > OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux > Java - Web Applications - Search > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
The definitions vary widely, state by state. In Virginia, a town or village may have its own local government, but is subordinate to the government of the county containing it. A city in Virginia, by contrast, has a local government on the same level as a county government, and is not considered to be part of the county even if it is completely surrounded by the county. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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