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

[Alex Mauer]

On 10/20/2010 03:24 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> Not all US states use the same administrative hierarchy.

Yeah, but for example we use the same admin_level regardless of whether 
it’s called a county, a borough, or a parish; or a township vs. a town, etc.

When we’re using different words for the same thing[1], there’s no need 
to differentiate.  It’s the thing we care about, not the word used for it.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_civil_division