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Anincorporated town is atown that is amunicipal corporation.[1]
Incorporated towns are a form oflocal government in Canada, which is a responsibility of provincial rather than federal government.
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An incorporated town or city in theUnited States is amunicipality that isincorporated under state law. An incorporated town will have elected officials, as differentiated from anunincorporated community, which exists only by tradition and does not have elected officials at the town level. In some states,civil townships may sometimes be called towns, but are generally not incorporated municipalities, but are administrative subdivisions and derive their authority from statute rather than from a charter. InNew York andWisconsin, "towns" are more similar in concept totownships in other states than to incorporated towns in most states (seeAdministrative divisions of New York,Political subdivisions of Wisconsin). In some other states, the term "town" is not used for municipalities. There are also different types of town/city governments (incorporated or chartered) that affect the organization administrative powers such ascouncil-manager government that is the most popular form,townships,Villages,town meeting, etc.
UnderCalifornia's Government Code Sections 34500–34504, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable, i.e. there is no legal distinction between an incorporated city and an incorporated town. California has 22 incorporated municipalities that are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)".
InIllinois, anincorporated town is one of three types of incorporatedmunicipalities. Incorporated towns were incorporated by special acts of theIllinois General Assembly prior to the creation of the Illinois Municipal Code.[2] Illinois's standard law on municipalities came into effect on July 1, 1872, and does not provide for the incorporation of municipal towns. Since the Municipal Code provides a standard way for citizens to incorporate a new city or village, but not a town, incorporated towns are far less common thancity andvillage municipalities in Illinois.
Althoughcivil townships and incorporated towns are sometimes both calledtowns, they are completely separate types of government in Illinois: Unlike incorporated towns, townships are subdivisions of acounty and are not incorporated municipalities.[3]
The oldest existing municipal town in Illinois isAstoria inFulton County, incorporated on January 24, 1839; the newest existing town isLa Prairie inAdams County, incorporated on April 15, 1869.[4]
There are 19 incorporated towns in Illinois, none of which arecounty seats[4]
Municipalities in Maryland can becities, towns, orvillages.
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In all sixNew England states (Connecticut,Rhode Island,Massachusetts,Vermont,New Hampshire, andMaine), towns are the main units of local government. Towns cover most or all land area in all six states, includingrural areas. New England towns are notable for theirtown meeting form of government.
