Town vs. Township

Townnoun

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.

Townnoun

Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

Townnoun

A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

Townnoun

The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

Townnoun

(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

Townnoun

(legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

Townnoun

(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.

Townnoun

(obsolete) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.

Townnoun

(obsolete) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.

Townnoun

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Townnoun

Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Townnoun

Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Townnoun

Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

Townnoun

The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

Townnoun

A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

Townnoun

The court end of London; - commonly with the.

Townnoun

The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Townnoun

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Townnoun

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;

Townnoun

an administrative division of a county;

Townnoun

the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;

Town

A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.

Townshipnoun

The territory of a town.

Townshipnoun

a subdivision of a county.

Townshipnoun

An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.

Townshipnoun

A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.

Townshipnoun

a small town.

Townshipnoun

The district or territory of a town.

Townshipnoun

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

Townshipnoun

In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Townshipnoun

an administrative division of a county;

Township

A township is some kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. While the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule.