An incorporated place, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city, town (except the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin)[1], borough (except in Alaska and New York)[2], or village and having legally prescribed limits, powers, and functions. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The unincorporated counterpart is called a census-designated place. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes
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- ^ Towns in the New England states are incorporated governmental units on the same level as cities, but are not treated as such by the Census Bureau. The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states In Wisconsin, towns are similar to the civil townships of other states. The definitions of the political subdivisions of the US State of Wisconsin differ from those in some other countries or even other U A civil township is a widely used unit of Local government in the United States, subordinate to a county. In New York, towns have a status intermediate between those of Wisconsin and New England. Administrative divisions of New York State differ from those in certain other countries and most U
- ^ Boroughs in Alaska are analogous to counties in other states. A county of the United States is a local level of government created as a subdivision of a state by the state government or by the federal or territorial government as a subdivision Boroughs in New York are simultaneously counties and administrative divisions of New York City. Administrative divisions of New York State differ from those in certain other countries and most U The City of New York
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- Chapter 9: Places, U. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns S. Census Bureau, Geographic Areas Reference Manual (PDF)
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