The southern part of Accrington, the township of New Accrington, was formerly in the Forest of Blackburnshire and the presence of oak trees may be inferred from local place names like Broad Oak and Oak Hill.

To make up for a lack of hard currency, Thailand's township, Amphoe Kut Chum, once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, was once Baht, and is still current in metaphorical expressions.

Deng was born into an ethnically Hakka Han family in Paifang village ( 牌坊村 ), Xiexing township ( 协兴镇 ), Guang ' an County in Sichuan province, approximately 160 km from Chongqing ( formerly spelled Chungking ).

The township of Lytton, Quebec ( today part of Montcerf-Lytton ) was named after him.

The Burra Creek ( also known as the Worlds End Creek ), which flows through Burra township, was once part of the ancient Murray River system.

Records from the 9th century show that there was a settlement named " Ulidi " on the site, although Oelde only received township in the year 1800.

It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region.

The medieval township on Veøya, an island outside present day Molde, was first mentioned by the historian Snorri Sturluson as the location of the Battle of Sekken in 1162, where king Håkon the Broad-shouldered was killed fighting the aristocrat Erling Skakke, during the Norwegian civil wars.

However the township name was used in a massive new park: Dalton Digby Wildlands Provincial Park, itself renamed since 2002.

In 2010, a detailed field study was conducted in the Garonne River ( France ) in the Arcins channel between Arcins Island and the right bank close to Lastrene township.

Most shires were visited by a group of royal officers ( legati ), who held a public inquiry, probably in the great assembly known as the shire court, which was attended by representatives of every township as well as of the local lords.

Plainfield was originally formed as a township on April 5, 1847, from portions of Westfield Township, while the area was still part of Essex County.

The city and township coexisted until March 6, 1878, when Plainfield Township was dissolved and parts were absorbed by Plainfield city, with the remainder becoming Fanwood Township ( now known as Scotch Plains ).

In 1796, Poland Township was the first charted township in the Connecticut Western Reserve.

The township was founded by Jonathan Fowler, who fell in love with Yellow Creek which flows through Poland.

Bundaberg as a European township was founded by timbergetters Bob and George Stewart in 1867.

In 1816, the new township was named after Waterloo, Belgium, the site of the Battle of Waterloo, which had ended the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.

Previously the township was known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi and was renamed after the birth of Nanak Dev.

One resident of a township told Human Rights Watch that it was like living in a " low-class motel ".

In Zimbabwe the term township was used for segregated parts of suburban areas.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 22, 625.

* February 17 – Miami University ( Ohio ) is established on the township of land required to be set aside for it under the conditions of the Miami Purchase in 1794.

The first town laid out in the county was North Liberty, established by Lucas Sullivant in 1797, but the first settlement in the county was made in present-day Jerome township by Joshua and James Ewing in 1798.

After lobbying by Col. James Curry, who represented the area in legislature at the time and a resident of what would become Jerome township, Union County was established by the Ohio legislature, and became official in 1820 with the appointment of the original commissioners: Stephen Bell, Reuben Wallace, and John Huston.

Some famous residents of Sebastopol include: The horticulturist Luther Burbank who established an Gold Ridge Environmental Farm in the township in the late 19th century ; Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues pioneer ; Willard Libby, inventor of carbon dating went to Analy High School ; the cartoonist Charles Schulz ; rapper Smoov-E ; actress Karen Valentine of the television show Room 222 ; actress Schuyler Grant of the 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables ; and the musicians Les Claypool of Primus, singer / songwriters Nick Gravenites, and both Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead ; novelist Francine Rivers ; actor Peter Krause.

The Lutherans and Presbyterians established churches in the region bounded by the 1856 township of Brazeau.

" Prior to this period, starting in 1803, sixteenth sections in each township in Mississippi were established for school purposes.

The 1850 census shows a few hundred settlers in this township, and a post office with the name of Ridgeville was established at one of the taverns.

In 1862, the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors established the township of Arroyo Grande.

Two early pioneers were George Ela, after whom the Ela township is named, and Seth Paine, who established a number of commercial ventures in the town.

Arrowsmith Township had voted $ 30, 000 in bonds to support the construction of the railroad on the condition that a station be established in their township.

The town of Tilton was established at the southern border of the township in 1884, as well, although largely lay in Keokuk County.

The township was established on March 11, 1837, and was named after Thomas Hart Benton, U. S. Senator from Missouri.

In 1967, the Benton Harbor Fruit Market, established in 1860 in Benton Harbor, moved to the township.

The first settler in the township was James Kirk, who moved with his family to Niles, Michigan in 1833 and then established a residence in Pipestone in April, 1837.

The first school in the township was established the following year.

* Brinton is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at It was settled in 1862 and first known as " Letson " after storekeeper Samuel A. Letson, who was also the first postmaster when the post office was established on April 20, 1886.

A post office was established in 1837, and both the township and settlement were named for Ada Smith, the daughter of the first postmaster.

The township was established in 1849.

In 1851, a post office was established there named " Lowell " after the township.

A post office was established in June 1834, but because Milan, Michigan already had the name, the post office was called " Unadilla " after the township.

The township was established in 1867.

The first township meeting was in 1871 and a post office was established in May of the same year.

Berlin Charter Township was organized from the northern portion of previously established Frenchtown Charter Township, and the township boundaries has been in place since 1867.

The township was established in 1854.