The district or territory of a town. In New England, the states are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads, providing for the poor, etc.
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1. The district or territory of a town.
2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
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