Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Nov 5, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> What does it mean when they say a place is unincorporated?
In Ohio, where I grew up, during the years 1940 to 1958, I lived in a place called Mentor Village, originally organized in 1855, and home town of President James A. Garfield. when I moved there, as I recall, it was comprised of some 5000 individuals. There were Villages in Ohio! ;-) keith whaley > --- > from Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town > > In the United States of America, the meaning of the term town > varies from state to state. In some states, a town is an > incorporated municipality, that is, one with a charter received > from the state, similar to a city. In others, a town is > unincorporated. > > It is interesting to note that the towns, especially the > so-called small towns, are usually classified in the United > States as rural areas, versus the big or small cities as the > urban areas. Many so these small-towns could be farming > communities with comparatively small population; such a place > would definitely be called a village in Great Britain or India > (where a town is usually an urban area). > > The types of municipalities in U.S. states include cities, towns, > boroughs, villages, and townships (in the sense of Pennsylvania > townships and New Jersey townships; for the meaning in other > states, see civil township), although most states do not have all > five types. Many states do not use the term "town" for > incorporated municipalities. In some states, for example > Wisconsin, "town" is used in the same way that civil township is > used in elsewhere. In other states, such as Michigan, the term > "town" has no official meaning and is simply used informally to > refer to a populated place, whether incorporated or not. > > [... snip for brevity ...] > > In California, where the term "village" is not used, "town" > usually refers to a community that is unincorporated, regardless > of size. Because of this, some towns are larger than small cities > and any settlement with a name may be called a town, even though > it may only be a relatively small grouping of buildings. > Unincorporated communities, even large ones, are usually not > referred to as cities. In casual speech, "town" may be used as a > substitute for "city", especially a "general law city", as > distinct from a "charter city". > --- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
