| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Incorporated place | An incorporated place, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city, town (except the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village and having legally prescribed limits, powers, and functions. The unincorporated counterpart is called a census designated place. (references) | ||
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| Incorporated place | Census | 1: A type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city, town (except the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village and having legally prescribed limits, powers, and functions. Related terms: Census designated place (CDP), Place. (references) | |
| 2: A type of governmental unit, incorporated under state law as a city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village, generally to provide a wide array of specific governmental services for a concentration of people within legally prescribed boundaries. New for Census 2000 are "city and borough" and "municipality," which serve as both place- and county-level entities in Alaska. A few incorporated places do not have a legal description. See consolidated city, governmental unit, independent city, independent place, place. (references) | |||
| Incorporated place | Statistics | A political unit, incorporated as a city, town, village or borough, having legally prescribed limits, powers, and functions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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