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township in the United States

Summary

township in the United States ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • township in the United States is in the country of United States[2].
  • township in the United States is a type of administrative territorial entity of the United States[3].
  • township in the United States is a type of township[4].
  • township in the United States is a type of third-level administrative division[5].
  • township in the United States's Commons category is recorded as Townships in the United States[6].
  • township in the United States comprises civil township[7].
  • township in the United States comprises charter township of Michigan[8].
  • township in the United States comprises survey township[9].
  • township in the United States's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Townships in the United States[10].
  • township in the United States's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'canton'}[11].
  • township in the United States's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'township'}[12].
  • township in the United States's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'township'}[13].
  • township in the United States's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Cities[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include administrative territorial entity of the United States[3], township[4], and third-level administrative division[5].

Use and Application

Components include civil township[7], in United States[15]; charter township of Michigan[8], an administrative territorial entity of Michigan[16], in United States[17]; and survey township[9], an UCUM derived unit[18], in United States[19].

Why It Matters

township in the United States ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Glossary of Election Terminology - French. Retrieved . eac.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Glossary of Election Terminology - French. Retrieved . eac.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Glossary of Election Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → administrative territorial entity of the United States, township, third-level administrative division
    Country → United States
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Cities
    Topic's main category → Category:Townships in the United States
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q12357920]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q13221722]] → [[Q12357920]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q13221722_Q123"
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