Township

The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. However in some systems, especially in the United States, no town need be involved, and indeed in the Scottish Highlands the term describes a very small agricultural community. Specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semi-rural government within a county. *In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use. See: Township (Canada) **In eastern Canada a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. This is translated into French as ''canton (subnational entity)'' in Quebec. **In western Canada townships exist only for the purpose of land division by the Dominion Land Survey and do not form administrative units. *In the People's Republic of China, townships are found at the fourth level of the Political divisions of China, together with ethnic townships, town of Chinas and subdistricts. See Township of China. *In England townships became obsolete long ago: the term referred to a subdivision used to administer a large parish. See Township (England) * In New Zealand the designation of "township" traditionally refers to a small town: a place that in Britain might qualify as a village or a hamlet (place) . * In the Highlands and Islands of Scotland ''township'' means a traditional croft, Scotland township - that is, a group of agricultural smallholdings, each with its own few hectares of pasture and arable ground (in-bye land), but with a substantial tract of unimproved upland grazings held in common, which can range from a hundred to a few thousand hectares. Each Crofting Township comprises a formal legal unit. *In South Africa under Apartheid the term ''township'' came to mean a residential development which confined non-whites (Africans, "coloureds" and Indians) who lived near or worked in white-only communities. Soweto ("SOuth-WEst TOwnships") furnishes a well-known example. See Township (South Africa) *In the United States, two kinds of township occur. A U.S. state may have neither, only one, or both of these. In states that have both, the boundaries usually coincide. See Township (United States) **A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System. These are generally referenced by a numbering system. **A civil township is a widely-used unit of local government. These are generally given names. *In the context of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Commonwealth of Independent States states, the term is sometimes used to denote a small semi-urban, sometimes industrial, settlement and used to translate the terms ''поселок городского типа'' (townlet (p.g.t.)), ''посад'' (''posad''), ''местечко'' (''mestechko'', from Polish "miasteczko", a small town; in the cases of predominant Jewish population the latter is sometimes translated as shtetl). Subnational entities

Township

I added a disambiguation message, thought that's appropriate since this page contains multiple definitions and points to other pages styled "Township". Am I overlooking some reason this might not be appropriate? User:Ellsworth 22:38, 26 May 2004 (UTC) :This is more of an article than the usual list-style disambiguation page. It may be compare to chancellor, imperial guard, and municipality rather than, e.g. canton (disambiguation). Rather then removing the text, I'd remove msg:disambig -- User:Docu

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Township
Township
Townships
Townships_in_Michigan
Townships_in_Minnesota
Townships_in_New_Hampshire
Townships_in_New_Jersey
Townships_in_North_Dakota
Townships_in_Ohio
Townships_in_Ohio
Townships_in_Pennsylvania
Townships_in_Taiwan
Townships_in_the_Republic_of_China
Township_(Canada)
Township_(disambiguation)
Township_(England)
Township_(New_Jersey)
Township_(South_Africa)
Township_(U.S.)
Township_(United_States)
Township_(United_States)
Township_157-30,_Minnesota
Township_157-30,_MN
Township_158-30,_Minnesota
Township_158-30,_MN
Township_and_Village_Enterprise
Township_and_Village_Enterprise
Township_hall
Township_High_School_District
Township_High_School_District,_IL
Township_High_School_District,_Illinois
Township_High_School_District,_Illinois
Township_High_School_District_(Illinois)
Township_of_Cavan-Millbrook-North_Monaghan,_Ontario
Township_of_China
Township_of_Dymond,_Ontario
Township_of_Gordon,_Ontario
Township_of_McGarry,_Ontario
Township_of_North_Dumfries
Township_of_Osgoode,_Ontario
Township_of_Spring_Arbor
Township_of_Spring_Arbor,_Michigan
Township_of_Washington,_New_Jersey
Township_of_Washington,_NJ
Township_of_Wellesley
Township_of_Wilmot
Township_of_Woolwich
Township_of_York,_Ontario
Township_village_enterprises