On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Peter Budny <pet...@gatech.edu> wrote: >> Anthony <o...@inbox.org> writes: >>> What would be an example of a township that would be at admin_level=7? >>> >>> I'm not saying you're wrong. I just couldn't come up with an example. >>> The townships that I've seen which overlap with cities/towns aren't >>> administrative areas, they just settlements. >> >> My bad, I didn't realize you wanted a specific example. Let me see if I >> can find one. >> >> It looks like Richmond, Indiana and Wayne Township are an example. >> According to >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_(United_States)#Civil_townships >> which cites the US Census document I linked earlier, Indiana has >> township governments that cover all of its area and population. Thus, I >> presume, Richmond is an incorporated city, but Wayne Township also >> retains its governance over the areas included in Richmond, putting >> Richmond under control of 5 governments (federal, state, county, >> township, and city/municipal). > > Richmond is not part of any county. "Like all Virginia municipalities > incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any > county." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia) > > As far as I can tell, it's not part of any township either, since all > the townships seem to be part of a county. > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indiana_townships_by_county) > > (I could be wrong, though. There are 16 townships in Indiana called > Wayne Township, and I didn't check them all.) > > On the other hand, an example would be the town of Fowler, Indiana, > which is part of Center Township, which is part of Benton County.
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