township

A subdivision of a county in most northeast and Midwest US states, having the status of a unit of local government with varying governmental powers.

A public land surveying unit of 36 sections or 36 square miles.

An ancient administrative division of a large parish in England.

A suburb or city in South Africa formerly designated by the government as a predominantly black residential area.

In Anglo-Saxon times, the area of land occupied by a community inhabiting a fenced homestead, a farm, or a village surrounded by an inclosure.

In law: In England, a town or vill where there are more than one in a parish; a division of a parish in which there is a separate constable, and for which there may be separate overseers of the poor.

In the United States, a territorial district, subordinate to a county, into which counties in many of the States are divided, the inhabitants of which are invested with political and administrative powers for regulating their own minor local affairs, such as repairing roads, maintaining schools, and providing for the poor; also, the inhabitants of such a district in their organized capacity.

In Australia, a village or small town.

The district or territory of a town.

In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.