
A charter township, found only in the state of Michigan, is similar to a civil township.Civil townships are generally given a name, sometimes written with the included abbreviation "Twp".

Counties are the primary divisional entities in many states, thus the powers and organization of townships varies from state to state. A civil township is a unit of local government, generally a civil division of a county.A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres. A survey township is simply a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the General Land Office (GLO).Term for several types of geographic areasĪ township in some states of the United States is a small geographic area.
