[Talk-us] Retagging hamlets in the US

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Tue Mar 17 22:19:27 UTC 2015


I will have to look into the details to say for sure.

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John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
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On March 17, 2015 4:29:34 PM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:18 PM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>
> wrote:
>
> >   In some cases, these "hamlets" may be separate legal entities, even
> > though surrounded by the city.  For example, Davidson County, Tennessee,
> > and the city of Nashville merged in 1963 into a shared Metropolitan
> > government.
> >
> However, six smaller municipalities within the county chose to keep partial
> > autonomy. Growth of Nashville means that only road signs show that you have
> > crossed over into these municipalities, but they maintain their own police
> > forces.
> >
>  So, kinda like NYC and the boroughs?  Or more on par with, say, Metro
> Oregon <http://www.oregonmetro.gov/>?  Or is both somehow a thing that
> exists?
>
>
>
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