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township: see town town, in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government . The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. ..... Click the link for more information. . township 1. a small town 2. (in the Scottish Highlands and islands) a small crofting community 3. (in the US and Canada) a territorial area, esp a subdivision of a county: often organized as a unit of local government 4. (formerly, in South Africa) a planned urban settlement of Black Africans or Coloured people 5. English history a. any of the local districts of a large parish, each division containing a village or small town b. the particular manor or parish itself as a territorial division c. the inhabitants of a township collectively How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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