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An unincorporated community is one general term for a geographic area having a common social identity without municipal organization or official political designation (i.e., incorporation as a city or town). The two main types of unincorporated communities are:
These lists of unincorporated communities list places that are not formally incorporated as towns, cities, or similar, despite being populated and locally recognized. Canada [ edit ]
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Washington which are not incorporated municipalities. Incorporated municipalities in the state are listed separately in a list of cities and list of towns .
Unincorporated districts, also known as U.S. Census designated places, are outlined by the government for data and do not have elected city officials. These communities, whether big or small, are ...
Municipal annexation is a process by which a municipality acquires new territory, [1] most commonly by expanding its boundaries into an adjacent unincorporated area. This has been a common response of cities to urbanization in neighboring areas.
Many unincorporated communities are just categorized as Category:Census-designated places in the United States and not as unincorporated communities, but not all census-designated places are unincorporated areas; instead, they may be towns, townships, villages, etc. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unincorporated communities in the United ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
Under California law, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable; the name of an incorporated municipality in the state can either be "City of (Name)" or "Town of (Name)". [20] Counties exercise the powers of cities in unincorporated areas.