What does township mean?

Definitions for township
ˈtaʊn ʃɪptown·ship

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. township, townnoun

    an administrative division of a county

    "the town is responsible for snow removal"

Wiktionary

  1. townshipnoun

    The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.

  2. townshipnoun

    An area set aside for non-white occupation.

  3. townshipnoun

    A non-white (usually sub-economic) area attached to a city.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Townshipnoun

    The corporation of a town; the district belonging to a town.

    Etymology: town and ship.

    I am but a poor petitioner of our whole township. William Shakespeare.

    They had built houses, planted gardens, erected townships, and made provision for their posterity. Walter Raleigh.

ChatGPT

  1. township

    A township is a division of a county or a type of local government unit within certain U.S. states. It is typically responsible for providing public services, such as maintaining roads, providing law enforcement, and managing public lands, to its residents. The specific functions and powers of a township can vary widely from state to state. In some contexts, it can also refer to a rural community or a populated area that is smaller than a town or city.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Townshipnoun

    the district or territory of a town

  2. Townshipnoun

    in surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections

  3. Townshipnoun

    in Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county

Wikidata

  1. Township

    The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. While township may be associated with an urban area, there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of township in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of township in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of township in a Sentence

  1. Matthew Pfouts:

    In partnership with the Randolph Township School district, the Board of Education has always been committed to supporting diversity and inclusion amongst our students, staff, and community, we believe an effective partnership can only be accomplished between the schools and the community through collective input from all stakeholders. Involvement and communication with our constituents help us guide policy decisions/changes and improve district protocols.

  2. Justin Leonard:

    We need to solve that inevitability by effective township design.

  3. Cheryl Furler:

    About three dozen police vehicles, including an armored truck, and four ambulances responded to the shooting. The Whitehall and Allentown police departments, and Pennsylvania State Police troopers, were on the scene, The Morning Call reported. No arrests havebeen made as of Sunday, and no motive behind the shooting was released. Investigatorswerereviewing surveillance footage in hopes of identifying a suspect. Authorities called for anyone in the mall at the time of the shooting who may have cell phone video of the incident to contact police. NEARLY 100 PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT ABOLISH ICE PROTESTS IN NYC Lehigh Valley Hospital and St. Lukes University Hospital were put on alert in case anyone injured left the mall undetected before law enforcement arrived, The Morning Call reported. Allentown Police Capt.Mike Becker told The Associated Press that Allentown Police Capt.Mike Becker department was assisting Whitehall Township Police but had no other information to share. Cheryl Furler, an employee at Bath Body Works, told WFMZ that Cheryl Furler and about 50 other people barricaded themselves in the stockroom. We took filing cabinets and pushed them up against the doors.

  4. Sabelo Simbeku:

    The perception of the township is changing, slowly but surely. Gradually white people are coming to Khayelitsha also, the space is open, the market is open. Their fear is slowly dying down. They are coming here to enjoy themselves and experience ikasi (township) culture.

  5. Erik Pevernagie:

    Everyone feels like an alien to someone else or even sometimes to oneself. Whether native, foreigner or exile, whether assimilated or singular, whether straight or gay, important is to find an access to the open public space, the 'space of appearance' and the gate to a citizenship of the world. (Township)

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