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6 dictionary results for: Township
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
town·ship       [toun-ship] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.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.
2.(in U.S. surveys of public land) a region or district approximately 6 miles square (93.2 sq. km), containing 36 sections.
3.English History.
a.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.
b.the manor, parish, etc., itself.
c.its inhabitants.
4.(in Australia)
a.a small town or settlement serving as the business center of a rural area.
b.the business center of a town or suburb.
5.(in South Africa) a segregated residential settlement for blacks, located outside a city or town.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME tounship community, OE tūnscipe village community. See town, -ship]
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town·ship       (toun'shĭp')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Abbr. Twp. or Tp. or T
  1. A subdivision of a county in most northeast and Midwest U.S. states, having the status of a unit of local government with varying governmental powers.
  2. A public land surveying unit of 36 sections or 36 square miles.
  3. An ancient administrative division of a large parish in England.
  4. A racially segregated area in South Africa established by the government as a residence for people of color.

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township 
O.E. tunscipe "inhabitants or population of a town." Applied in M.E. to "manor, parish, or other division of a hundred." Specific sense of "local division or district in a parish, each with a village or small town and its own church" is from 1540; as a local municipal division of a county in U.S. and Canada, first recorded 1685.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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township

noun
an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Saginaw Township North, MI (CDP, FIPS 70545) Location: 43.45893 N, 84.00774 W
Population (1990): 23018 (9486 housing units)
Area: 35.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Saginaw Township South, MI (CDP, FIPS 70550) Location: 43.41895 N, 84.01899 W
Population (1990): 13987 (6088 housing units)
Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Hanover Township, PA Zip code(s): 18702

Grant Township, MI Zip code(s): 48032

Fredon Township, NJ Zip code(s): 07860

Forks Township, PA Zip code(s): 18042

Addison Township, MI Zip code(s): 48367

Shelby Township, MI Zip code(s): 48315, 48316, 48317

Reserve Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 64248) Location: 40.48275 N, 79.98715 W
Population (1990): 3866 (1489 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Robinson Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 65378) Location: 40.46211 N, 80.12683 W
Population (1990): 10830 (4498 housing units)
Area: 38.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Ross Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 66356) Location: 40.52660 N, 80.02493 W
Population (1990): 33482 (14124 housing units)
Area: 37.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Radnor Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 63268) Location: 40.02834 N, 75.36831 W
Population (1990): 28705 (10579 housing units)
Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Plymouth Township, MI (CDP, FIPS 65085) Location: 42.37125 N, 83.49422 W
Population (1990): 23646 (9209 housing units)
Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Scott Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 68464) Location: 40.38620 N, 80.07723 W
Population (1990): 17118 (7797 housing units)
Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Shaler Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 69596) Location: 40.52086 N, 79.96401 W
Population (1990): 30533 (11830 housing units)
Area: 28.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Stowe Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 74656) Location: 40.48313 N, 80.07332 W
Population (1990): 7681 (3674 housing units)
Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)

Tinicum Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 76796) Location: 39.86500 N, 75.27520 W
Population (1990): 4440 (1796 housing units)
Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 7.7 sq km (water)

Washington Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 77510) Location: 40.98904 N, 74.06503 W
Population (1990): 9245 (3190 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Pequannock Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 58125) Location: 40.96333 N, 74.30374 W
Population (1990): 12844 (4385 housing units)
Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Patterson Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 58416) Location: 40.74240 N, 80.33244 W
Population (1990): 3074 (1331 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Wilkins Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 85192) Location: 40.42635 N, 79.82430 W
Population (1990): 7487 (3325 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Bloomfield Township, MI (CDP, FIPS 9190) Location: 42.57557 N, 83.27241 W
Population (1990): 42137 (16437 housing units)
Area: 64.6 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)

Brick Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 7520) Location: 40.05752 N, 74.11001 W
Population (1990): 66473 (28843 housing units)
Area: 68.1 sq km (land), 15.7 sq km (water)

Chester Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 13272) Location: 39.85001 N, 75.39738 W
Population (1990): 5399 (1879 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Darby Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 18164) Location: 39.89970 N, 75.27323 W
Population (1990): 10955 (3941 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Hampton Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 32334) Location: 40.58584 N, 79.95498 W
Population (1990): 15568 (5526 housing units)
Area: 41.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Hanover Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 29655) Location: 40.81892 N, 74.43048 W
Population (1990): 11538 (3882 housing units)
Area: 27.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Harmony Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 32740) Location: 40.60715 N, 80.22054 W
Population (1990): 3694 (1534 housing units)
Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)

Harrison Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 32868) Location: 40.63664 N, 79.71669 W
Population (1990): 11763 (5300 housing units)
Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)

Kennedy Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 39332) Location: 40.47618 N, 80.10189 W
Population (1990): 7152 (2683 housing units)
Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

McCandless Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 45904) Location: 40.58348 N, 80.02997 W
Population (1990): 28781 (10933 housing units)
Area: 42.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

O'Hara Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 56386) Location: 40.49935 N, 79.90173 W
Population (1990): 9096 (3377 housing units)
Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)

West Bloomfield Township, MI (CDP, FIPS 85490) Location: 42.56921 N, 83.38215 W
Population (1990): 54843 (20494 housing units)
Area: 70.8 sq km (land), 10.0 sq km (water)

Upper Providence Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 79260) Location: 39.93765 N, 75.39649 W
Population (1990): 9727 (3861 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

North Brunswick Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 52590) Location: 40.44845 N, 74.47758 W
Population (1990): 31287 (12186 housing units)
Area: 31.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

Nether Providence Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 53112) Location: 39.89793 N, 75.36818 W
Population (1990): 13229 (5045 housing units)
Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

South Park Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 72403) Location: 40.29695 N, 79.99386 W
Population (1990): 14292 (5368 housing units)
Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Wilkes-Barre Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 85168) Location: 41.23749 N, 75.86305 W
Population (1990): 3572 (1685 housing units)
Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 56475) Location: 40.85940 N, 74.42388 W
Population (1990): 48478 (18960 housing units)
Area: 61.9 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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