Talk:Township (United States)

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The size limitations this article mentions for townships are not entirely accurate. In New York, a lot of townships are larger than 54 square miles. On Long Island alone, I can think of several that exceed that size by a fair margin - Huntington, Brookhaven, Oyster Bay, Hempstead, Islip. 36 square miles may be the norm in areas surveyed under the township and range system, but I don't know that any other areas can be said to have a "norm" with regard to township size.

167.102.231.183 19:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)Lloyd Spivak

I realize that the current links to Survey township and Civil township main articles makes no sense. In the future I intend to either expand those stubs or to adjust the links. If anybody would be intersted in helping to sort this out please send me an email or use my talk page. Thanks, Lou I 20:57, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Indiana only state entirely divided into civil townships

I'm pretty sure this came from a Census Bureau document. I reverted changes that indicated that the entirety of Illinois belongs to a civil township, as that is not true. For example, Alexaner County does not have townships. And cities are not part of any civil township. older≠wiser 18:00, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I suggest confirming that Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania should be added to the list civil township states. I have been to township board meetings in these state. Mark Perry