In many states, the term " village " is used to refer to a relatively small unincorporated community, similar to a hamlet in New York state.

In New York State, a village is an incorporated settlement ; a hamlet is an unincorporated settlement.

* Scranton, New York, an unincorporated hamlet

* Skiddy, the unincorporated hamlet of Skiddy lies less than one mile south of the Geary County line in north central Morris County.

The unincorporated hamlet of Fredonia is located on Pleasant Lake within the township.

Artichoke is also the name of an unincorporated hamlet within Artichoke Township.

As a hamlet the borders of Delmar are indeterminate, though generally the unincorporated village is considered to be centered on the intersection of Kenwood and Delaware avenues.

Lyon Mountain is an unincorporated hamlet within the Town of Dannemora.

* East Amherst ( formerly, " Transit Station ") is an unincorporated community, or hamlet, on the west side of the town that is mostly in the Town of Amherst.

* Adams Basin – The unincorporated hamlet of Adams Basin is within the town.

East Garden City is a hamlet ( an unincorporated area ) and a mostly commercial and industrial area.

Great Neck Gardens is an unincorporated area ( hamlet ) and a part of Great Neck located on the Great Neck peninsula of Nassau County, New York.

Lawrence is one of the " Five Towns ", which consists of the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets ( unincorporated areas ) of Woodmere and Inwood, and " The Hewletts ", which is made up of the hamlet of Hewlett together with the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck, along with Woodsburgh.

Lido Beach is an unincorporated area ( hamlet ) of the Town of Hempstead.

Aquebogue is a census-designated place ( CDP ) roughly corresponding to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Baiting Hollow is a census-designated place ( CDP ) roughly corresponding to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Cutchogue CDP roughly represents the area of Cutchogue hamlet ( unincorporated community ) in the town of Southold.

East Marion is a census-designated place ( CDP ) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Cherry Grove ( often referred to locally as The Grove ) is an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Jamesport is a census-designated place ( CDP ) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Some areas within the Lake Grove zip code, such as the Hathaway Oaks development and parts of the Brittany Hills development, are actually located in the unincorporated hamlet of Lake Ronkonkoma within the towns of Brookhaven and Smithtown.

Laurel is a census-designated place roughly corresponding to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Mattituck CDP roughly corresponds to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Southold.

New Suffolk is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet ( unincorporated community ) by the same name in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior.

The island now forms the Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge and is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the U. S. Its defense is the responsibility of the United States ; though uninhabited, it is visited annually by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington.

It is located in low wooded hills about north-northwest of Washington, D. C., on the property of Catoctin Mountain Park in unincorporated Frederick County, Maryland, near Thurmont, at an elevation of approximately.

" Commonwealth " is also used in the U. S. to describe the political relationship between the United States and the overseas unincorporated territories:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta., Georgia, as seen from Emory University

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs.

George Mason University ( often referred to as GMU or Mason ) is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax.

The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States.

It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.

Johnston is an unincorporated territory of the United States administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior as part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

The site is marked and is one mile from the unincorporated community known today as Monroe Hall, Virginia.

These exceptions include the Northern Mariana Islands which is a commonwealth in political union with the United States with the status of unincorporated organized territory.

It also includes many unincorporated areas in the Fraser Valley and along the west side of the Fraser Canyon ( the Fraser Canyon is not in the Lower Mainland ).

Wake Island, an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States governed by the Office of Insular Affairs, is claimed as a territory of the Marshall Islands.

ATOC is an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger Train Operating Companies ( TOCs ) of Great Britain that run the passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board, from 1965 using the brand name British Rail ).

The politics of Puerto Rico take place in the framework of a republican democratic form of government that is under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States of America as an organized unincorporated territory.

It concluded that Puerto Rico is still an unincorporated territory of the U. S. under the territorial clause, that the establishment of local self-government with the consent of the people can be unilaterally revoked by the U. S. Congress, and that U. S. Congress can also withdraw the U. S. citizenship of Puerto Rican residents of Puerto Rico at any time, for a legitimate Federal purpose.

Puerto Rico is an organized unincorporated U. S. territory which has been given internal self-governing powers which are referred to as " Commonwealth " status.

According to two consecutive Bush Administration President's Task Force Reports, the latest of which was issued on December 21, 2007 Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States, subject to the plenary powers of the United States government.

3. partnerships, unincorporated associations and trusts-any act or practice of a partner, committee member or trustee is attributed to the organisation.

The remaining suburban area of the Peninsula is on the east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, along San Francisco Bay ; the west and south-central portions of the Peninsula are mostly rural, unincorporated and unorganised areas.