township
town.ship \'tau.n-.ship\ n 1: an ancient unit of administration in England
identical in area with or a division of a parish 2a: TOWN 2b: a unit of
local government in some northeastern and north central state s usu. having
a chief administrative officer or board 2c: an unorganized subdivision of
the county in Maine, New Hampshire, and V ermont 2d: an electoral and
administrative district of the county in the southern U.S. 3: a division
of territory in surveys of U.S. public land containing 36 sec tions or 36
square miles