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Charter township, the Glossary

A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan.^[1]

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Local government in Michigan

Administrative divisions of Michigan

The state of Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships. Charter township and Administrative divisions of Michigan are local government in Michigan.

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Canton, Michigan

Canton Township (commonly known simply as Canton) is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country.

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Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan

Clinton Township is a charter township in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Coterminous municipality

A coterminous municipality, sometimes also known as a coterminous city or a coterminous town-village, is a form of local government in some U.S. states in which a municipality and one or more civil townships have partial or complete consolidation of their government functions.

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Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Grand Traverse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Home rule

Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

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List of municipalities in Michigan

Michigan is a state located in the Midwest region of the United States. Charter township and List of municipalities in Michigan are local government in Michigan.

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Local government in the United States

Most U.S. states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities.

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Long Lake Township, Michigan

Long Lake Township, officially the Charter Township of Long Lake, is a charter township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Metro Detroit

Metro Detroit is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and over 200 municipalities in the surrounding area with its largest employer being Oakland County.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Michigan Legislature

The Michigan Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Michigan Townships Association

The Michigan Townships Association (MTA) is a non-profit organization based in U.S. state of Michigan.

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Municipal annexation

Municipal annexation is the legal process by which a city or other municipality acquires land as its jurisdictional territory (as opposed to simply owning the land the way individuals do).

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Municipal clerk

A clerk (pronounced "clark" /klɑːk/ in British and Australian English) is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Municipalization

Municipalization is the transfer of private entities, assets, service providers, or corporations to public ownership by a municipality, including (but not limited to) a city, county, or public utility district ownership.

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Paper township

The term paper township refers to a civil township under Ohio law that nominally exists for certain purposes but does not act as a functioning unit of civil government.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation.

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Suburbanization

Suburbanization (AE), or suburbanisation (BE), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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425 Agreement

The legislature of the State of Michigan enacted Public Act 425 of 1984 which is also known by the title Intergovernmental Conditional Transfer Of Property By Contract Act.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_township

Also known as Charter townships.