incorporated town

An incorporated town is a town that is a municipal corporation.

Canada

Incorporated towns are a form of local government in Canada, which is a responsibility of provincial rather than federal government.

United States

An incorporated town in the United States is an incorporated municipality, that is, one with a charter received from the state, similar to a city. An incorporated town will have elected officials, as differentiated from an unincorporated community, which exists only by tradition and does not have elected officials at the town level. In some states, especially in midwestern and western states, civil townships may sometimes be called towns, but are generally not incorporated municipalities, but are administrative subdivisions and derive their authority from statute rather than from a charter.

California

Under California's Government Code Sections 34500-34504, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable, i.e. there is no legal distinction between an incorporated city and an incorporated town. California has 22 incorporated municipalities that are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)".

Illinois

In Illinois, an incorporated town is a municipality that was incorporated by a special act of the Illinois General Assembly, prior to the creation of the Illinois Municipal Code. Incorporated towns are one of three types of municipalities in Illinois. Examples include the Town of Cicero and the Town of Normal. Incorporated towns are far less common than City and Village municipalities in Illinois. Although both are sometimes simply called towns, incorporated towns and townships are entirely separate types of government in Illinois--unlike incorporated towns, townships are subdivisions of a county and are not municipalities.

Nevada

In Nevada, incorporated towns are called cities.

See also

• Urban township

References

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