Talk:Civil township
[edit] Translation of township into other languages
Editors are having a discussion over at the Russian wikipedia on the correct Russian translation for the new civil township article that was created there. Any editors on the english wikipedia with knowledge of Russian or similar translation issues are welcome to participate.DCmacnut<> 14:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Michigan Townships
In the midwest subsection, Indiana and Illinois (and even Ohio to a lesser extent) are kind of thoroughly compared and contrasted, but I'd argue that Michigan probably has the most stringent township organization of any of the Great Lakes states. Every single square mile of land in Michigan belongs to a local government, either township, village, or city. Unlike nearby states, ALL townships in Michigan have their own local government, so that there is really no such thing as unincorporated land in function, if even a township is not considered technically incorporated. Perhaps, someone should use Michigan as an example of powerful township government in the Midwest. Also, unlike most (all?) of the neighboring states, once land incorporates as a city or is annexed by an existing city, that part/portion of the township ceases to exist as a township. Most Michigan cities are incorporated from township land, in fact, since township government proceeded municipal government in most instances. And, though this point is made, Michigan has an special township government called charter townships, which are essentially urbanized townships that function basically like incorporated cities since they form police departments and such. --Criticalthinker (talk) 09:00, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
