1. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a “township” is a division of territory six miles square, containing .thirty-six sections.” 2. In some of the states, this is the name given to the civil and political subdivisions of a county. See TOWN. township trustee. One of a board of officers to whom, in some states, affairs of a township are intrusted.
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