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Depends on how they're defined by the state. States may have any of the following types of formal incorporated areas besides cities: towns, villages, townships, and hamlets. Also, some states don't have a legal definition for "town," they use one of those other terms for an incorporated area that isn't big enough to be considered a city.
Depends on how they're defined by the state. States may have any of the following types of formal incorporated areas besides cities: towns, villages, townships, and hamlets. Also, some states don't have a legal definition for "town," they use one of those other terms for an incorporated area that isn't big enough to be considered a city.
please explain on what the other legal definition for a city is, but not big enough. do u mean a providence?
so nothing bigger than a city? what about the terms a metropolis or megapolis? are they only used as a metropolitan statistical area, megapolitan statistical area, and micropolitan statistical area?
i always thought a city should be classified by the average household income. like what classifies a city as affluent?
please explain on what the other legal definition for a city is, but not big enough. do u mean a providence?
so nothing bigger than a city? what about the terms a metropolis or megapolis? are they only used as a metropolitan statistical area, megapolitan statistical area, and micropolitan statistical area?
i always thought a city should be classified by the average household income. like what classifies a city as affluent?
The legal definition I'm thinking of is strictly based on population. In some states, an incorporated area must be above a certain population to be classified as a city. In other states, especially less populated ones, any incorporated area can be classified as a city.
I was assuming you were asking for government entity definitions. If you're asking for statistical categories/census-related definitions, like SMSAs, I'll let someone else answer.
County
City
Township or Town
Borough
Village
Hamlet
COUNTIES: Almost every state is divided into counties (called Parishes in Louisana) which is one of the main local governments for most states. However in the New England states, county governments are either weak or non-existent.
CITIES: Most cites are inside counties, although some cities cover their entire county like Philadelphia or simply dominate their county like Chicago (Cook County) or Los Angeles (LA County). The state of Virginia seems to be an exception to the rule and has INDEPENDENT CITIES which are entirely outside the county. There are a couple of other independent cities like St Louis and Baltimore.
TOWNSHIPS: Most of the United States is divided into either survey or civil townships. In many states, township governments tend to be weak or almost non-existent. In these states (often in the West or South) counties perform most local government, so by having weak townships --- costs are reduced and taxes are lower. However, in parts of the Midwest like Northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, townships have more power like the towns in the Northeast states (see below).
TOWNS: Incorporated townships found in New England and New York State. In these states, almost every piece of land not in a city is in a town. These towns have real power, especially in New England with its famous town meetings. In New York power is shared with the counties to varying extents.
BOROUGHS: The five counties that make up New York City are also called boroughs. In Alaska, boroughs are similar to counties in other states. In Pennsylvania, a borough is similar to a town. In New Jersey, it is just one type of incorporated community (more later).
VILLAGES and HAMLETS: In New York, towns are further broken down into villages and hamlets (and you wonder why taxes are so high in New York!). Oregon has recently also adopted its version of these minor local goverment structures. Finally in Midwestern states like Wisconsin and Ohio, villages are small communities like New York but unlike New York most are independent of the local township.
One finally word about New Jersey. The Garden State is similar to New York and New England in that every square inch of land is incorporated. But it is broken down into every form of government imaginable: county, city, town, township, borough and village. From what I understand, there really is not much difference these days whether a community in New Jersey calls itself a township or a borough.
The legal definition I'm thinking of is strictly based on population. In some states, an incorporated area must be above a certain population to be classified as a city. In other states, especially less populated ones, any incorporated area can be classified as a city.
I was assuming you were asking for government entity definitions. If you're asking for statistical categories/census-related definitions, like SMSAs, I'll let someone else answer.
i was thinking government entity definitions. also, you said some states define a city by population. so what population makes a city a city? im very curious.
In Israel there are other types of communities: kibbutz & moshav.
A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ, קִבּוּץ, lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Moshav (Hebrew: מוֹשָׁב, plural moshavim, lit. settlement, village) is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperativeagriculturalcommunity of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah (wave of Jewish immigration during the early 20th century). A resident or a member of a moshav can be called a moshavnik (Hebrew: מוֹשַׁבְנִיק).
In California, we have cities and towns. We also have urbanized and non-urbanized. We don't have urban, suburban, or rural.
Also, when people think of Macy's. Is considered an upscale department store found in urban areas or suburban areas? Maybe traditionally it was urban when found in high-urban density downtowns?
I think Macy's are now found in suburban regional malls, lifestyle centers, and other suburban retail development.
i was thinking government entity definitions. also, you said some states define a city by population. so what population makes a city a city? im very curious.
In Ohio, a city must have a population of 5,000 and a charter (sort of a city constitution) before it can apply for city status. Under 5,000 and incorporated, it's considered a village.
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