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township

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The district or territory of a town.

In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

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Might a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess a secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings - nay to concentrate the force of a thousand tons of cordite and blast a township at a stroke?. Winston Churchill

Is there a solution? Probably not. Yet there is a glimmer of hope, and on my last days here, I offer it to you, gratis. Incorporate every township and village in the county. Take them out of the county's jurisdiction. Give the county supervisors nothing to do. They do it so well; why deprive them? Arnold Hano

A 51-year-old from Yangon’s Pazundaung Township, who had been treated at the Waibargi Infectious Diseases Hospital since Sept. 1, died on Wednesday morning. Source: Internet

A 36-year-old Kenyon man was identified as the remains found in a Northfield Township bean field last week. Source: Internet

About the same distance northwest would take us across the river to Canada East and into the heart of Wright’s Town, named for the pioneer settler of Hull Township, Philemon Wright (just as canal builder Lt.-Col. Source: Internet

… According to a news release from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, Lukas R. Dudley, 28, of Bemidji, was shot on Nov. 25 in Nebish Township, near the boundary for the Red Lake Reservation. Source: Internet

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