a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
(in U.S. surveys of public land) a region or district approximately 6 miles square (93.2 sq. km), containing 36 sections.
English History.
one of the local divisions or districts of a large parish, each containing a village or small town, usually with a church of its own.
the manor, parish, etc., itself.
its inhabitants.
(in Australia)
a small town or settlement serving as the business center of a rural area.
the business center of a town or suburb.
(formerly, in South Africa) a segregated residential settlement for Black people, located outside a city or town.
Origin of township
First recorded before 900; Middle English tounship “community,” Old English tūnscipe “village community”; see origin at town, -ship
sector, city, square, neighborhood, zone, locality, section, county, field, state, territory, town, metropolis, district, community, village, province, land, area, country