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Encyclopedia > 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.


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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Incorporated place (374 words)
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.
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...
These presentations include the incorporated places within the consolidated city and the "consolidated city (balance)." Although hierarchical presentations do not show the consolidated city, the data for it are the same as the county or county subdivision with which it is coextensive.
Places Cartographic Boundary Files Descriptions and Metadata - U.S. Census Bureau (1268 words)
A consolidated government is a unit of local government for which the functions of an incorporated place and its county or minor civil division (MCD) have merged.
Data tabulations by incorporated place will include all territory within the incorporated place, while the tabulation for the incorporated place within a consolidated city is only for part of the incorporated place.
An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division, which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population.
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