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township

township is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
  2. 2.In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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