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This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places.
Census-designated places (CDPs) are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. [1] The term "census designated place" has been used as an official classification by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1980. [2] Prior to that, select unincorporated communities were surveyed in the U.S. Census. [2]
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" [6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law ...
March 2 – Texas joins the Confederate States of America. 1866–1876 The Sutton–Taylor feud, which involves outlaw John Wesley Hardin, and is reportedly the bloodiest and longest in Texas history. Hardin's men are known to have stayed in the community of Pilgrim. [17] [18] 1870, March 30 – The United States Congress readmits Texas into ...
Elon Musk’s footprint in Texas keeps getting bigger. The appraised value of properties in the state owned by the billionaire’s companies has climbed in recent years to at least $2.5 billion ...
Highlands is divided between the Board of Trustees District 1 and the Board of Trustees District 3. [27] [28] As of 2008 Phelitria Barnes and Ken Martin represent the districts, respectively. [29] Schools in Highlands CDP include Bonnie P. Hopper Elementary School (PK-1), Highlands Elementary School (2-5), [30] and Highlands Junior High School ...
Michigan has created charter townships as a separate type of government to allow greater flexibility for township governments to serve urbanized populations. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems (though sometimes different names), a township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state.