Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Why do I live in a Township?

If you don't live in a city (a municipality that has opted to incorporate into a city form of government), then chances are you live in a township. But what does it mean to live in the "unincorporated county?"

Confused already?

Several histories of the township have already been written by the Millcreek Township itself; this link also describes the legislative intent of House Bill 40, a piece of legislation written to buy time in knowing what should become of the Townships.

Basically, townships were created as a way to protect the land adjacent to a city, from being annexed by that city. Townships were created to establish the boundaries of an area and protect it from further annexation.

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