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In the United States, there are two kinds of township in common use. A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System, inaugurated with the Land Ordinance of 1785. A civil township is a widely-used unit of local government. The former are always numbered; the latter are usually given names. A state may have neither, only one, or both of these. Civil townships exist in the states of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Political divisions of the United States
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