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Sign at Pine Valley, California, United States, an unincorporated community northeast of San Diego. Pine Valley is an Unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society In the Common law, real property (or realty) refers to one of the two main classes of Property, the other class being Personal property ( A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns e. , a city or town with its own government. Thus, an unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a city government. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. Such regions are generally administered by default as a part of larger territorial divisions such as: township, borough, county, state, province, canton, parish, or country. Types of administrative and/or political territories include Many types of legally administered territories, each of which is a non-sovereign geographic area A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. A canton is an Administrative division of a country eg a region or state A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity It is uncommon, but not unknown, for small towns in fiscal crisis to disincorporate in order to have services provided by a higher administration.

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Australia

In Australia there are large unincorporated areas in the Northern Territory with 9000 km of roads in those areas. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions [1] Most of South Australia is in the unincorporated Outback Areas Community Development Trust. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country The Outback Areas Community Development Trust is a trust in South Australia which is operated under the Outback Areas Community Development Trust Act (1978 The far west and north of New South Wales is called the Unincorporated Far West Region, which is sparsely populated and barely warrants an elected council. The Unincorporated Far West Region is the part of New South Wales which is not part of any Local Government Area; it is in the Far West containing However a civil servant in the state capital manages such matters as are necessary. The only other state to have unincorporated areas is Victoria, which has two small unincorporated areas in Alpine Shire, and one in Shire of Mansfield (all of which are ski resorts), as well as some small off shore islands. Alpine Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. The Shire of Mansfield is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. A ski area is a developed recreational facility usually on a Mountain or large Hill, containing ski trails and vital supporting services The Australian unincorporated areas are mainly notable due to their vast size.

Canada

In Canada, depending on the province, an unincorporated settlement is one that has no town council. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is usually, but not always, part of a larger municipal government. This can range from small hamlets to larger urbanized areas. A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. For example, Sherwood Park, a suburb of Edmonton would be the seventh largest city in Alberta if it were incorporated, but remains simply a part of the Specialized Municipality of Strathcona County. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Strathcona County is a Specialized municipality in central Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Likewise, the oil sands boomtown of Fort McMurray, Alberta is not a separate community but part of the massive Wood Buffalo Regional Municipality. A boomtown is a Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and Economic growth. Fort McMurray is a community within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta. The Regional municipality of Wood Buffalo is located in northeastern Alberta.

Unincorporated settlements with a population of between 100 and 1,000 residents may have the status of designated place in Canadian census data. A designated place or DPL is a type of Community or populated area identified by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes

Some unincorporated settlements which are not part of a larger municipality — particularly those in very remote areas — may have some types of municipal services provided to them by a quasi-governmental agency such as a local service board. A local service board, in the Canadian province of Ontario, is an organization which is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level

Germany

As of January 1, 2004, Germany had 244 (of which 215 are located in Bavaria) uninhabited unincorporated areas, called gemeindefreie Gebiete or singular gemeindefreies Gebiet, not belonging to any municipality, consisting mostly of forested areas. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 There are also three inhabited unincorporated areas (Osterheide and Lohheide in Lower Saxony, and Gutsbezirk Münsingen in Baden-Württemberg). Osterheide is an Unincorporated area in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Lohheide is an Unincorporated area in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

United States

In United States local government, an unincorporated community is one general term for a geographic area having a common social identity without benefit of municipal organization or official political designation (i. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. e. incorporation as a city or town). There are two main types of unincorporated communities:

Nutbush, Tennessee, childhood home of singer Tina Turner, an unincorporated community in 2007
Nutbush, Tennessee, childhood home of singer Tina Turner, an unincorporated community in 2007

In the United States, unincorporated regions tend to be fairly rare in the densely populated New England and Mid-Atlantic states, but are very common in the Midwest, western and southwestern states, such as California and Nevada, and in the southeastern states, such as Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The Mid-Atlantic States (also called Middle Atlantic States or simply Mid Atlantic) form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The Western United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American West or simply the West &mdashtraditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit such as the 37 California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The following is a partial list of named but unincorporated communities in the state of North Carolina. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Unlike most other states, Maryland in particular grants significant home-rule powers to its counties, hence population centers comprising tens of thousands — including virtually all of suburban Baltimore — have little incentive to incorporate. Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a State to government at subnational level In fact, there are only 156 incorporated municipalities in Maryland, far fewer than most similarly-populated states, and two counties, Howard and Baltimore County contain zero incorporated municipalities. Howard County is a County located in the central part of the U Baltimore County is a County located in the northern part of the U

Michigan, Hawaii, Florida

The state of Michigan has policies that favor townships and discourage city formation, and so has many such communities. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government The state of Hawaii takes the concept to its logical conclusion: it has no incorporated cities as subcounty governments (the City and County of Honolulu is the state's only "city") and all its "towns" are administered at the county level. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The City and County of Honolulu is a combined city-county jurisdiction located in the U In 2006, Miami-Dade County, Florida had 52% of its 2. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida 2 million residents residing in unincorporated areas. The South Florida metropolitan area in total had an estimated 5,463,857 persons, of which 1,671,398 live in unincorporated areas[2][3][4].

New Jersey

In New Jersey, unincorporated communities are well-defined localities that belong to, and pay property taxes to, one (or more) City, Township, Town, Borough or Village. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Property tax, or millage tax, is an Ad valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed A City in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government A township, in the context of New Jersey Local government, refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government A Town in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government A Borough (sometimes abbreviated Boro on road signs in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven A Village in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government Some of the areas have official recognition as a Census-designated place, such as Somerset, New Jersey which is part of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes Somerset is a Census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the eastermost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County for other New Jersey townships with the same name see Franklin Township, New Jersey Franklin Township is a Township in Other communities have their own ZIP Code because they have their own post office such as Deans, New Jersey, which is part of South Brunswick Township, New Jersey. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS Deans is an unincorporated area located within South Brunswick Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. South Brunswick Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Other communities were once single-owner large farms that were later incorporated into a neighboring township such as Middlebush, New Jersey. Middlebush is an unincorporated area and community located within Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States Some smaller communities are incorporated into larger urban areas, such as when Greenville was merged into Jersey City

New York

In New York, unincorporated communities within towns are sometimes casually referred to as hamlets, though New York State does not recognize a hamlet as a municipal entity. Greenville is an unincorporated area and neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. The towns are themselves municipalities which can contain villages. Exceptions to this exist, however, such as the peculiar relationship between the Village of Mamaroneck, the Village of Larchmont, the unincorporated town of Mamaroneck, and the overarching Town of Mamaroneck. In Ohio, townships are considered unincorporated areas while only villages and cities are referred to as incorporated. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads

In the context of the United States insular areas, the word "unincorporated" means that the territory has not been formally and irrevocably incorporated into the United States. An insular area is a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's (See: incorporated territory. Territories of the United States are one type of political division of the United States, administered by the U ) Unincorporated insular areas are therefore potentially subject to being sold or otherwise transferred to another power, or, conversely, being granted independence. However, neither fate seems likely to occur in the foreseeable future to the five remaining major unincorporated U. S. insular areas, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. American Samoa (Amerika Sāmoa or sm ''Sāmoa Amelika'' is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States. The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI is a commonwealth in Political union with the United

In some areas, small centers of population retain the names that they were given when they were originally settled, even though the neighborhoods later became part of other municipalities. Official signs mark those towns, with the designation, "unincorporated. "

Countries without unincorporated places

Many countries, especially those with many centuries of history using multiple tiers of local government, do not use the concept of an unincorporated place.

In the United Kingdom the whole of the country, rural and urban, has been covered by a two or three-tier system of local government for many centuries (although many of the larger conurbations now have single tier or unitary local governments). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In South Africa the latest constitution gave every place in the country democratically elected third-tier government.

Likewise the whole of the territories of Austria, Finland, France (except for some small overseas possessions), Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Serbia, Sweden, and Switzerland are divided into communes. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or

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References

  1. ^ Loraine Braham (10am. A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes This article is about the generic definition for the place in Washington State see Island County Washington. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a Civil parish. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Loraine Margaret Braham is an Australian politician She has been a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 1994, representing the August 25, 2004). Building Healthier Communities – Report. Full Text Transcript, Ministerial Reports, Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the Unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
  2. ^ http://www.pbcgov.com/pzb/Planning/population/countyprofile.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.broward.org/planningservices/bbtn47.pdf
  4. ^ Population Served by Local Governments
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