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Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...
Indianapolis is the only "first-class" city in Indiana under state law, making it subject to a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov. A town is differentiated from a city in that a town can not become a city until it has a population of at least 2,000.
As of 2023, [391] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. [391] There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties. [392]
Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana) Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi) Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana) Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin) New York metropolitan area (parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and ...
Indiana (/ ˌ ɪ n d i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ IN-dee-AN-ə) [15] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west.
The geography of Indiana comprises the physical features of the land and relative location of U.S. State of Indiana. Indiana is in the north-central United States and borders on Lake Michigan . Surrounding states are Michigan to the north and northeast, Illinois to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Ohio to the east.
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
The town prospered and soon there was a tomato canning factory, ‘Quaker Canning and Preserving Company’ (1899) . [3] Today the town is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township. It is located on the western boundary of the township, across Indiana 149 from the City of Portage on County Road 1050 N. [3]