[Tagging] [Talk-us] how to tag US townships?

[Alex Mauer]

On 10/20/2010 03:01 PM, Alex Mauer wrote:
> Townships are at the same level as cities/towns/villages/other
> municipalities[1], [2]. I’m sure someone correct me if I’m wrong, but my
> understanding is you won’t find a chunk of land that is both
> “city|village|etc.” and “township” simultaneously; cities et al. can
> annex portions of townships easily, but they then are no longer part of
> that township.

Scratch that.  Eleven states allow overlap[1]:

Indiana, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Nebraska, New York, Ohio, and Vermont

admin_level=7 it is.

1. http://www.census.gov/govs/go/municipal_township_govs.html

—Alex Mauer “hawke”