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

[Anthony]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Peter Budny <peterb at gatech.edu> wrote:
> Anthony <osm at inbox.org> writes:
>> What would be an example of a township that would be at admin_level=7?
>>
>> I'm not saying you're wrong.  I just couldn't come up with an example.
>>  The townships that I've seen which overlap with cities/towns aren't
>> administrative areas, they just settlements.
>
> My bad, I didn't realize you wanted a specific example.  Let me see if I
> can find one.
>
> It looks like Richmond, Indiana and Wayne Township are an example.
> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_(United_States)#Civil_townships
> which cites the US Census document I linked earlier, Indiana has
> township governments that cover all of its area and population.  Thus, I
> presume, Richmond is an incorporated city, but Wayne Township also
> retains its governance over the areas included in Richmond, putting
> Richmond under control of 5 governments (federal, state, county,
> township, and city/municipal).

Richmond is not part of any county.  "Like all Virginia municipalities
incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any
county." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia)

As far as I can tell, it's not part of any township either, since all
the townships seem to be part of a county.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indiana_townships_by_county)

(I could be wrong, though.  There are 16 townships in Indiana called
Wayne Township, and I didn't check them all.)

On the other hand, an example would be the town of Fowler, Indiana,
which is part of Center Township, which is part of Benton County.