Local government in the United States
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local-government-in-the-united-states-207-11357673
title:
Local government in the United States
text:
Most U.S. states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term borough for what the U.S. Census Bureau terms county equivalents in those states. Civil townships or towns are used as subdivisions of a county in 20 states, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest. Population centers may be organized into incorporated municipalities of several types, including the city, town, borough, and village. The typ
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wiki
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description:
Governmental jurisdictions below the level of the state
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States
date created:
2005-02-27T05:06:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:32:41Z
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