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The township was incorporated in 1797 out of part of the existing Newton Township, and was said to have been named after Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a visitor who hailed from that area came to help out at the rural school in the township.
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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.
The township was established in the early 1860s, the first Post Office opening on 1 January 1861.
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.
township and incorporated
In some states such as New York, Wisconsin, or Michigan, a village is an incorporated municipality, usually, but not always, within a single town or civil township.
Villages in Ohio are often legally part of the township from which they were incorporated, although exceptions such as Hiram exist, in which the village is separate from the township.
In Canada, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, or regional municipality which has been incorporated by statute by the legislatures of the provinces and territories.
Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield.
** John Beck Elementary School ( founded independently of the district and incorporated ; serves the northern part of Warwick township and Elizabeth township )
Under Ohio law, there are two types of incorporated municipal jurisdictions: cities and villages, and any territory within a county that is not part of an incorporated municipality ( city or village ), is part of a township.
* Dillsboro ( incorporated town, Dillsboro township )
* Highlands ( 10 % of incorporated town, Cashiers township )
* Sylva ( incorporated town, Sylva township )
* Webster ( incorporated town, Webster township )
McCreary is the last remaining county in the Commonwealth of Kentucky that does not have any incorporated city or township.
South Britain and Southford are included in the incorporated township of Southbury.
The town was never incorporated, though it had been discussed whether it should become a township.
The post office department rejected the requested name of " Bruceville ", and the office was named for the township. It incorporated as a village in 1906 or 1907 and later disincorporated.
There are no incorporated villages in the township.
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.
* The city of Wayland is at the southwest corner of the township and has incorporated a small area of land from the township.
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.
There are no incorporated municipalities within the township.
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