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2 unusual facts about Civil township


Civil township

Some urbanized counties such as Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) now number their townships (i.e. "Township 12") rather than using names.

Among all civil townships, only Pine Township exactly matches a survey township with 36 sections.


Brooklyn Township, Lincoln County, South Dakota

Brooklyn Township is a township in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States, in the Sioux Falls metropolitan area.

Ridgeville Township, Illinois

Ridgeville Township, Illinois was a civil township in Illinois, United States, comprising approximately what are now the Lakeview, Uptown, Edgewater, and Rogers Park neighborhoods of Chicago, and also part of what is now Evanston.

West College Corner, Indiana

This survey township was later organized as a civil township, Oxford Township.


see also

Arcada

Arcada Township, Michigan, a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Liberty Township, Brown County, South Dakota

Liberty Township is a civil township in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

Rollin

Rollin Township, Michigan, a civil township of Lenawee County, Michigan, U.S.