[Talk-us] Merging a GNIS node with a TIGER way - for a town
John F. Eldredge
john at jfeldredge.com
Mon Feb 3 02:07:50 UTC 2014
On February 1, 2014 7:04:43 PM CST, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> On 2/1/14 3:59 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
> >
> > I have some trouble though with the notion of "village" in the US.
> > Looking back to what I know about US (which could be partially
> wrong),
> > I'm not sure they really have the true notion of "village" as per
> many
> > other places in the world. In the US, it always seemed to be about
> > isolated farms, and towns. Both from a size point of view, but most
> > importantly from a functional point of view. In Europe and other
> parts
> > of the world, the notion of village is steeped in a long history of
> a
> > group of people working the land, and many times being subject to
> the
> > authority of one local land owner. All of that doesn't really exist
> in
> > the US, if my knowledge serves me right. Even the smallest of
> > settlements (bigger than a farm) seemed to have started in the US
> > around a group of facilities, such as shops, entertainment venues,
> > trading facilities etc. - which would directly correspond
> functionally
> > to a town.
> Village is something that will vary. in NY, a village is an
> incorporated
> governmental
> entity which is much smaller than a city. (all of what follows is NY
> specific, by the way).
> where as a county in NY (NYC excepted) is completely tiled by cities
> and
> towns, villages
> are mostly contained within towns (but some villages do cross town
> boundaries.)
>
> in NY, Hamlet is the term used for random place names where there
> isn't
> a corresponding
> governmental entity.
>
> richard
>
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The definitions vary widely, state by state. In Virginia, a town or village may have its own local government, but is subordinate to the government of the county containing it. A city in Virginia, by contrast, has a local government on the same level as a county government, and is not considered to be part of the county even if it is completely surrounded by the county.
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