- Incorporated town
An incorporated town is a
town that is amunicipal corporation .Canada
Incorporated towns are a form of
local government in Canada , which is a responsibility of provincial rather than federal government.United States
An incorporated town in the
United States is an incorporatedmunicipality , that is, one with a charter received from thestate , similar to acity . An incorporated town will have elected officials, as differentiated from anunincorporated community , which exists only by tradition and does not have elected officials at the town level. In some states, especially in midwestern and western states,civil township s may sometimes be called towns, but are generally not incorporated municipalities, but are administrative subdivisions and derive their authority from statute rather than from a charter. InNew York andWisconsin , the term "town" refers to municipalities more similar totownships in other states than to incorporated towns in most states (seeAdministrative divisions of New York ,Political subdivisions of Wisconsin ). In some other states, the term "town" is not used for municipalities.California
Under
California 's Government Code Sections 34500-34504, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable, i.e. there is no legal distinction between an incorporated city and an incorporated town. California has 22 incorporated municipalities that are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)".Illinois
In
Illinois , an incorporated town is one of three types of municipalities. An incorporated town is amunicipality that was incorporated by a special act of theIllinois General Assembly prior to the creation of the Illinois Municipal Code. Illinois' standard law on municipalities came into effect onJuly 1 ,1872 and does not provide for the incorporation of municipal towns. Since the Municipal Code provides a standard way for citizens to incorporate a new city or village, incorporated towns are far less common thanCity and village municipalities in Illinois.Well-known examples of incorporated towns include the Town of Cicero and the Town of Normal. Although
civil township s and incorporated towns are sometimes both called "towns", they are completely separate types of government in Illinois -- unlike incorporated towns, townships are subdivisions of a county and are not municipalities.The oldest existing municipal town in Illinois is Fulton County's Astoria, incorporated
January 24 ,1839 ; the newest existing is Adams County's La Prairie, incorporated onApril 15 ,1869 .cite web
url = http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/niilgsrch.html
title = Name Index to Illinois Local Governments
author = Illinois Regional Archives Depository System
work = Illinois State Archives web site
publisher =Illinois Secretary of State
accessdate = 2007-11-06 ]There are 20 incorporated towns in Illinois, none of which are
county seat s:AND Calumet Park?
Despite its name,
Belle Prairie City, Illinois is an incorporated town, not a city.Maryland
Municipalities in Maryland can be cities, towns, or
village s.New England
In all six
New England states (Connecticut ,Rhode Island ,Massachusetts ,Vermont ,New Hampshire , andMaine ), towns are the main units of local government. Towns cover most or all land area in all six states, includingrural areas. New England towns are notable for theirtown meeting form of government.ee also
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Urban township References
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