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Definition of townships in English English dictionary
- Plural of township
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- An area set aside for non-white occupation
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- The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county
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- {n} the territory or land of a town
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- in a government survey, is a square tract six miles on each side containing thirty-six square miles of land; a name given to the civil and political subdivisions of a county
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- an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"
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- federally mandated division of land encompassing 36 square mi and consisting of 36 sections
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- A unit of survey of the U S Public Land Survey It is an area bounded on the east and west by meridians located about 6 miles apart A township is normally a square that is subdivided into 36 sections, each of which are approximately 1 mile square Township, range, and section locations are shown on most topographic maps, for example
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- A square tract of land six miles on a side, it consists of 36 sections of one square mile each
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- A division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections each 1 mile square, used in the rectangular survey form of legal description
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- The public land survey system established during the founding of the nation called for surveying all lands in six-mile square blocks Each six-mile square block is called a township Each township is divided into 36 one-mile square blocks called sections The sections in a township are numbered 1 through 36 beginning in the northeast corner of the township Numbering of sections in a Township runs east to west across the first row of sections, then west to east across the second and alternately thereafter so that section 36 is in the southeast corner of the section
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- Unit of survey of the public lands of the United States, normally a quadrangle approximately 6 miles on a side with boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels within established limits, containing 36 sections Also, in minor governmental subdivision
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- Relating to a township
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- A non-white (usually sub-economic) area attached to a city
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- In South Africa, a township was a town where only black people lived. the South African township of Soweto
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- A unit of government into which counties are divided in some states
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- Generally, a square tract of six miles on a side containing thirty-six square miles of land A name given to a civil and political subdivision of a county in the U S
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- An area of land six miles square, or 36 square miles, the largest division of land in a government survey
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- an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal
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- Rows that cross meridians and ranges, starting at the U S Border with #1 and ending at the Northwest Territories Border with #126 (Usually approximately 6 miles apart)
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- In the United States and Canada, a township is an area of land, especially a part of a county which is organized as a unit of local government. a town in Canada or the US that has some local government
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- In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county
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- Thirty-six square miles as determined by federal survey
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- A unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most Midwestern and northeastern states of the US
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- {i} city, small town; district, region
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- In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections
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- A piece of property, used in the government survey system of land description, which is 6 miles square, and contains36 sections, each 1 mile square; and consists of 23,040 acres
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- A division of territory, used in the government rectangular survey system of land description, which is six miles square, and contains 36 sections, each of which is one mile square and consists of 23,040 acres
- township
- A division of territory 6 miles square, containing 36 sections or 36 square miles
- township
- A division of land made up of 36 sections, each one mile square
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- A territorial subdivision, six miles long, six miles wide, and containing 36 sections, each one mile square
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- A six-mile square tract delineated by government rectangular survey
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- A unit of legal land description adopted from the English system Townships are approximately 6 miles on each side
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- The district or territory of a town
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- Civil subdivision of a county
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- The principal unit of the Public Land Survey System A township is square with approximately six-mile sides and an area of 36 square miles
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- - In some of the original 13 states, a political subdivision of a county In the U S public land surveying system, an area six miles square, containing 36 sections The townships are organized in rows and are identified with respect to a reference latitudinal baseline, for example, Township 13 North See range
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- A geographical division of a county More
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- A division of territory in surveys of U S Public land containing 36 sections
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