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25 unusual facts about township


Aarhus Municipality

Aarhus Municipality, also commonly known by its older Danish spelling Århus Municipality, is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

Administrative centre

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Albany, Pennsylvania

The village is located in central Albany Township, the northernmost and most sparsely populated of all the townships in Berks County.

Ansnorveldt, Ontario

Ansnorveldt is a hamlet located at the northeastern extent of King Township, in Ontario, Canada.

Badger Township, Polk County, Minnesota

The subsequent history of Badger Township is virtually indistinguishable from that of most of Northern Minnesota.

Badger Township is essentially agricultural in character, although a large percentage of it is of marginal quality with thin, sandy soils or swampland and potholed, essentially abandoned or unused for any cropland or pasturage purpose.

The trail skirted the western edges of adjoining Grove Park-Tilden Township, Minnesota and Knute Township, Minnesota but is not generally considered to have crossed into the territory of Badger Township.

Clark Nature Center

Clark Nature Center is a nature trail park within the Newtown Township, in Pennsylvania just off Durham road (Route 413), USA.

Dundalk, Ontario

Dundalk (named after Dundalk in Ireland), originally called McDowell's Corners, was incorporated as a village in 1887, and on January 1, 2000, was amalgamated with the Township of Proton and the Township of Egremont to form the Township of Southgate, located in the southeast corner of Grey County.

Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

While the autonomous entity envisioned by some was never formed, it left its mark in the many Welsh place names that still exist, such as the village of Berwyn, in Easttown, and nearby Tredyffrin Township.

Elkin, North Carolina

Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township.

Glidas, Indiana

Glidas is an unincorporated community in the Heth Township of Harrison County, Indiana, United States.

Kettleby, Ontario

Kettleby is an unincorporated community located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada.

Kings County, Nova Scotia

Between 1760 and 1768 some 8000 New England Planters arrived in Nova Scotia, the largest number settling in Kings County in three agricultural townships: Horton, Cornwallis, and Aylesford.

Pottageville, Ontario

Pottageville is an unincorporated community located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada.

Purbachal New Town

The Township will be linked with 8 lane wide express way from the Airport Road/Pragati swarani crossing .

Salisbury, Illinois

After Salisbury Township dissolved itself in 1989, the Salisbury area joined the adjacent Gardner Township.

Salt Lake County, Utah

The Granite School District, the largest in the state, is a broad district that covers a swath from Kearns and Taylorsville through West Valley City, Utah and eastward to South Salt Lake and Millcreek Township, among others.

South Dennis, New Jersey

South Dennis is an unincorporated community in Dennis Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

Strange, Ontario

Strange is a hamlet on the western outskirt of King City located in King Township, Ontario, Canada.

Township, Lahore

The transportation system in the Township is vast, there are buses and vans that cover almost the entire Township area, Daewoo Bus number 10, 16, and 11 can be used to enter into the Township area and Bus numbers 20 and 40 can be used to reach other areas inside the Township.

Rehmat Ali Memorial Boys/girls High school, IQRA Islamic High School, Akhtar Majeed Girls Degree College, The Quaid School, as well as several other smaller schools.

It is one of the largest residential sections of Lahore developed by Lahore Development Authority.

Wellacre Academy

As part of the scheme both Wellacre and Ferrum have been twinned with Syalungelwa School, a Township School.

Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

It is more likely the Township was named after Lady Yarmouth, a mistress of King George II.


Adamston

Adamston, New Jersey, an unincorporated community within Brick Township

Adstock, Quebec

The township was itself named after the village of Adstock in Buckinghamshire, England.

Ahlon Township

Ahlon Township was once home to Thiri Mingala Market, Yangon's largest wholesale and retail market until 2010, when the Yangon City Development Committee began preparations to move the market to Hlaing Township in the suburbs, to allow for lane expansions on Strand Road and expansion of Asia World's wharves.

Alberton, Victoria

The township was surveyed in 1842 and named after Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

Allamuchy

Allamuchy-Panther Valley, New Jersey, a census-designated place and unincorporated area in the above township

American River, South Australia

Air services were operated for a number of years by Emu Airways, utilising a privately owned airstrip located to the north of the township.

Apartheid

The best-publicised forced removals of the 1950s occurred in Johannesburg, when 60,000 people were moved to the new township of Soweto (an abbreviation for South Western Townships).

Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin

This Township is covered with timber The greater portion of which is Hemlock Y Birch Elm and Sugar.

Bentley with Arksey

The civil parish was formed in 1866 by the grouping of the two townships of Arksey and Bentley.

Big Creek Township, Russell County, Kansas

Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 run concurrently east-west through Big Creek Township, interchanging with 176th Street, a paved north-south county road, one mile south of Gorham.

Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

The springs at Bath, in Bristol Township, were popular among wealthy Philadelphians for a while, but lost popularity to the ones in Saratoga, New York.

Champaign Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Numerous township residents are also employed by Parkland College, Kirby Foods, Christie Clinic, Devonshire Group LLC, Amdocs, Hobbico and Horizon Hobby, all of which are in the adjacent city of Champaign, Illinois, as well as by Carle Clinic Association and Provena Health, located in nearby Urbana, Illinois.

Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio

On November 3, 2006, The Oprah Winfrey Show aired an episode regarding safe-haven laws titled "All-American Tragedy" which centered on a story related to Columbia Township.

Eiffel Flats

The village began in 1905 as a residential township for the Cam and Motor gold mine, operated by Rio Tinto Group, now Rio Zim.

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

The story begins with Kunene and his friend Zakes as teenagers living in the Soweto Township.

Gerringong, New South Wales

In 1824, Governor Brisbane reserved 600 acres (2.4 km²) for the present Gerringong township.

Golden Bay Air

The airline currently operates two Piper Aircraft from Takaka to Wellington and Karamea, and also from Nelson to Takaka and Karamea with connecting road shuttle services to the Abel Tasman National Park, the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park and to and from Takaka township.

Haram Township, Bottineau County, North Dakota

Early Norwegian settlers in the area named the township after Haram, Norway.

Hi-Nella, New Jersey

The Borough of Hi-Nella was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities (joining Lindenwold, Pine Hill, Pine Valley and Somerdale) created on that same date.

Jody Wildman

He served as a municipal councillor for the Township of St. Joseph, Ontario on St. Joseph Island from 2000 to 2003, when he was elected reeve.

Johor Land Berhad

To date, the company has successfully develop Pasir Gudang township and several residential and commercial projects in Ulu Tiram, Senai, Tampoi, Bandar Dato' Onn and Johor Bahru.

Kate Booth

At her husband's wish, Katie and the children travelled with him to the cult leader John Alexander Dowie's Zion City, a township about 40 miles north of Chicago.

Lake of Bays, Ontario

The lake scenes from the Canadian film starring Gordon Pinsent called Away From Her were also shot in the township on the south shore of Lake of Bays across from Price's Point.

Madison Township, Daviess County, Indiana

In the 1856 spring elections, the Know Nothing movement was popular in Madison Township, and the Democrats nominated Perkins for township clerk; to their surprise, he won, and his actions in office won him the reputation of one of the best clerks the township ever had.

Maojia dialect

The representative dialect given in Chen (2013) is that of Xintang Village 信塘村, Yangshi Township 羊石乡, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County

Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

Miami Township is home to the American offices of LexisNexis information systems, a regional office of MetLife insurance, and the world headquarters of Teradata.

Mifflin Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Interstate 80 (Keystone Shortway) runs east and west through the township with an exit at Pennsylvania Route 339.

Mongmao Township

Mongmao Township is a township of Lashio District of Shan State.

North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

The main route through the township and village is U.S. Route 40, also known as the National Road or "National Pike".

Peel County, Ontario

Village of Port Credit, in Toronto Township, named for French trading post Port-de-crédit.

Pittsfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio

At the center of Pittsfield Township is located the intersection of State Routes 58 and 303.

Poland Spring

Despite the name, the water does not come from the country of Poland but from derived multiple sources in the state of Maine, including Poland Spring and Garden Spring in Poland, Clear Spring in Hollis, Evergreen Spring in Fryeburg, Spruce Spring in Pierce Pond Township, and White Cedar Spring in Dallas Plantation, Bradbury Spring in Kingfield.

Rabie Ridge

It is located in Region A, around the Midrand area, it is a township formed due to forced removals of the coloured community from Alexandra.

Rideau Lakes, Ontario

The many tourist attractions in Rideau Lakes, including historic trails, the stone arch dam at Jones Falls, and the Rideau Waterway, are also an important part of the township's economy.

Robinson, Minnesota

The boundary line between Eagles Nest Township and Morse Township is nearby.

Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin

The general character of this Township is 2d & 3d rate the soil is mostly poor loam & sand, the timber is mostly Birch Oak Aspen TamaracK & Pine the Pine is 2d growth & very poor.

Rohingya conflict in Western Burma

On 7 November 2012, one soldier from the Burmese Army was reportedly beheaded and three others were captured by the Muslim rebels, by an armed group of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), in their guerrilla offensive against the Burmese army in northern Maungdaw township on the Burma-Bangladesh border.

Sandtown

Sandtown, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Southampton Township, New Jersey, USA

St. Joseph Township, Allen County, Indiana

St. Joseph Township's private colleges and universities include Concordia Theological Seminary (Lutheran) and the Fort Wayne campus of Brown Mackie College.

Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana

The township was named in honor of Baron Von Steuben, a Prussian soldier who fought for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

The Lakes, Minnesota

The lake and the community are located in parts of four townships in Murray County: Lake Sarah, Shetek, Murray, and Mason Townships.

Thomas Braidwood Wilson

When the township was formed it took the name of Braidwood in his honour because Wilson relinquished an area from the western end of his property to be used as the site for the new town.

Vlasovite

Other localities for vlasovite include the volcanic Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean, the Kipawa Complex, Villedieu Township, Quebec and the Strange Lake Complex in Labrador.

Wanamassa

Wanamassa, New Jersey, a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Ocean Township, in Monmouth County

Wauconda

Wauconda Township, Lake County, Illinois, a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States

West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania

On July 1, J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry rode north-south through the township following the Battle of Hanover on their way to Dover.

Whitby Township, Ontario

Whitby Township was one of five townships along Lake Ontario named for towns in northeast England (York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington).

Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

I-81 has two interchanges in the township: one at the southwest end with Route 309 and one in the central portion near the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

Winwa

Winwa, Shwegu, a village in Shwegu Township, Bhamo District, in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma