Gaines

A township and village therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.

A place in the United States:
A township in Kent County, Michigan.

A township and village therein, in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.


Mullen

A place in the United States:
A township in Boyd County, Nebraska.


Combs

A place in the United States:
A township in Carroll County, Missouri.


Haynes

A place in the United States:
A township in Alcona County, Michigan.


Greer

en-proper noun

Greer (countable and uncountable, plural Greers)

A township in Warrick County, Indiana, named after an early settler.


Mayfield

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mayfield Township.


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.

Pennington County
Pennington County#English

A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named after an early settler.


Burnett

Burnett (countable and uncountable, plural Burnetts)

From Middle English burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, brunete.

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Antelope County, Nebraska.


Boyer

Boyer (countable and uncountable, plural Boyers)

An unincorporated community and township in Crawford County, Iowa.


Gilmore

Gilmore (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmores)

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

A township in Isabella County, Michigan.

A township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.


Hinton

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Stokes

Four townships in the United States, two each in Minnesota and Ohio.


Gridley

A village and township in McLean County, Illinois, named after Asahel Gridley.


Acme

Acme
Acme Corporation
Looney Tunes
Warner Bros.
trademark
yellow pages

From acme (“highest, best”). As a threading, from the original 1894 manufacturer, the Acme Screw Machine Company of Hartford, Connecticut. In its use as a generic company for comedic effect or to avoid trademark issues, most popularized by the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons but already very commonly used by 20th century American companies as a way to lead the professional listings in yellow page phone books.

Grand Traverse County
Grand Traverse County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.

Hettinger County
Hettinger County#English

A township in Hettinger County, North Dakota.


Success

An unincorporated township in Coos County, New Hampshire.


Quinton

Quinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

census-designated place
census-designated place

A township and census-designated place therein, in Salem County, New Jersey.


Laird

A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.

A township in Houghton County, Michigan.

A place in the United States:
A township in Phelps County, Nebraska.


Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

The name of various geographical places:

A township in Forest County, Pennsylvania.


Houghton

Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan.


Lockhart

Lockhart (countable and uncountable, plural Lockharts)

A number of places in the United States:

A township and unincorporated community in Norman County, Minnesota.


Saratoga

/ˌsærəˈtoʊɡə/

Corruption of a Mohawk word se-rach-ta-gue, sa-ra-ta-ke (“the hillside country of the quiet river”), which the early Dutch settlers interpreted as Sarachtoge. More at Saratoga.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Saratoga Township.


Herrick

* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
* As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Erc," eventually meaning "speckled." Also spelled as Harkin.

A place in the United States:
A township in Knox County, Nebraska.

A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

Susquehanna County
Susquehanna County#English

A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

From the Old English personal name Wurþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Wilmington

Meaning "Wilhelm's estate", from Wilhelm + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”)

der

A township and unincorporated community in Houston County, Minnesota.

A township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.


Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Ripley Township.


Barkley

Barkley (countable and uncountable, plural Barkleys)

A township in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.


Southgate

A township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Bull Moose

Journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed.

A township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after the Bull Moose Party.


Beishan

Translingual: beishanensis, Beishanlong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北山 (Běishān).

A township in Suibin, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.

A township in Duchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.

A township in Dazhou district, Dazhou, Sichuan, China.

A township in Xide, Liangshan, Sichuan, China.

A township in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China.

A township in Menyuan, Haibei, Qinghai, China.


Standish

A place in the United States:
A township in Arenac County, Michigan.


Sugar Creek

At least the Indiana and Tennessee creeks are named for the sugar maples which grow along their banks.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sugar Creek Township.


Cranberry

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.


Pease

A place in the United States:
A township in Belmont County, Ohio.


Mountain

Mountain (countable and uncountable, plural Mountains)

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township.


Pickford

Pickford (countable and uncountable, plural Pickfords)

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.


Stowe

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.


Hamlin

Hamlin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamlins)

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community and township in Audubon County, Iowa.

A minor city and township in Brown County, Kansas.

Lac qui Parle County
Lac qui Parle County#English

A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.

A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.


Lamar

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).

A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.


Dalrymple

Dalrymple (countable and uncountable, plural Dalrymples)

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.

A former township in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fremont Township.

Township of Fremont
Township of Fremont#English

Ellipsis of Township of Fremont.; A township in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada


Lathrop

Lathrop (countable and uncountable, plural Lathrops)

A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.


Thayer

A township in Thurston County, Nebraska.


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Grafton Township.


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).


Fairfield

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fairfield Township.


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Worth Township.


Fayetteville

Fayetteville
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

From Fayette + -ville. Named for Lafayette, a French officer who fought under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A number of places in the United States, including:

A township in Washington County, Arkansas, conterminous with the city.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A township and village in St. Clair County, Illinois.


Litchfield

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Hillsdale County
Hillsdale County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.


South Bend

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

Armstrong County
Armstrong County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.


Centralia

A city and township in Boone County, Missouri.


Independence

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Independence Township.


Garnes

A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.


Berwyn

A city and township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

A township and village therein, in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.


Galla

* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall.
* As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala.
* As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.

A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.


Redfield

A township in Spink County, South Dakota.


Superior

A township in Chippewa County, Michigan.

Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washtenaw County, Michigan.


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.


Deer

A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.


Lomax

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.


Gove

A township in Gove County, Kansas, United States.


Laporte

Laporte (countable and uncountable, plural Laportes)

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, which surrounds the borough.


Uxbridge

From Wixan + Old English brycg (“bridge”), meaning, "the bridge leading to the Wixan", a Saxon tribe which settled near the Lincolnshire fens.

A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A former township in the former Victoria County, now City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.


Aral

A township in Yutian, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Abercrombie

Of Scottish Gaelic origin, said to be from the earlier Abarcrumbach.

A township in Richland County, North Dakota.


Boon

A township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, named after settler Ratcliff Boon.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.


McMillan

McMillan (countable and uncountable, plural McMillans)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maoláin (“son of Maolán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of maol (“bald, tonsured”).

der

A place in the United States:
A township in Luce County, Michigan.

Ontonagon County
Ontonagon County#English

A township in Ontonagon County, Michigan.


Hay

A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

der

A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Ansley

en-proper noun

Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A township and village therein, in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.


Harlan

American contraction of Harland, from Old English har (“grey”) / hara (“hare”) + land (“land”).

Three townships in the United States, listed under Harlan Township.


Liberty

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

From liberty. As an American surname, often a translation of French Canadian LaLiberté. Doublet of Liberdade. As an American surname, a surname taken up by freed slaves.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Liberty Township.


Haven

Sherburne County
Sherburne County#English

A township in Sherburne County, Minnesota, named after John Ormsbee Haven.


Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

A township, unincorporated community, and census-designated place therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.


Forsyth

Marquette County
Marquette County#English

A township in Marquette County, Michigan.


Helton

From helde ‘slope’ + tun ‘farmstead or settlement’. The Old English surname is said to have originated in Cumbria, England. The motto is Artibus et armis which means by art and arms. The name could be a derivative of Hilton or Elton.


Empire

A number of places in the United States:

A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.

A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.


McKean

A township in Licking County, Ohio, United States.

A township and borough therein, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Whitefield

A township in Marshall County, Illinois.

Kandiyohi County
Kandiyohi County#English

A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, named after Edwin Whitefield.


Woolwich

A township in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Wolverton

A minor city and township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States.


Flushing

A township and city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

A township and village therein, in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.


Horsham

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A township and census-designated place therein, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Thetford

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

A place in the United States:
A township in Genesee County, Michigan.


Warminster

A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

A township in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.


Southport

Former name: Hythe

A township in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

der

Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County#English

A number of places in Australia, New Zealand, England and United States.

A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.


Westbury

en-proper noun

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

Le Haut-Saint-François
Le Haut-Saint-François#English

A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.


Bedminster

census-designated place
census-designated place

A township and census-designated place therein, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Woodbridge

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

Middlesex County
Middlesex County#English

A township and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, New Jersey.


Scioto

Five townships in Ohio, United States, listed under Scioto Township.


Thornbury

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A township in Southland, New Zealand.

A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.

A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. These two townships adjoin each other, and were originally one township until 1798.


Wantage

A township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.


Bruton

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Plympton

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plume. Doublet of Plumpton.

A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.


Ashmore

Ashmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).

A village and township in Coles County, Illinois, United States.


Wylie

A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.


Haverhill

From Old English *hæfera (“oats”) + hyll (“hill”). Alternatively, from Old English hæfer (“he-goat, billy”) + hyll (“hill”).

A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.


Pleasant

Switzerland County
Switzerland County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.


Ingalls

A minor city and township in Gray County, Kansas, named after John J. Ingalls.


Skelton

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A place in the United States:
A township in Warrick County, Indiana.

A township in Carlton County, Minnesota.


Posey

Washington County
Washington County#English

Seven townships in Indiana; in Clay County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Harrison County, Rush County, Switzerland County and Washington County.


Moreland

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

A township and village therein, in Clark County, Illinois.

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Westfield Township.


Featherstone

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.


Gretna

A small township in Tasmania, Australia.


Woodside

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

A township in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.


Richland

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Richland Township.


St. Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.

A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.


Steuben

Named after Baron von Steuben (in Maine and New York at least).

A township in Marshall County, Illinois.

A place in the United States:
A township in Steuben County, Indiana

A place in the United States:
A township in Warren County, Indiana.

A township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.


Chemung

From a Lenape word meaning “at the horn” or “big horn”.

A census-designated place and township in McHenry County, Illinois.


DuPage

A township in Will County, Illinois, named after the river.


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav

Timiskaming District
w:Timiskaming District

A township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.


Burrell

Burrell (countable and uncountable, plural Burrells)

A township in Decatur County, Iowa, United States.

Two townships in Pennsylvania, United States, in Armstrong County and Indiana County.


Bullard

Bullard (countable and uncountable, plural Bullards)

A township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.


Larkin

Larkin (countable and uncountable, plural Larkins)

A number of places in the United States:

A charter township in Midland County, Michigan.


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

der

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A township and village therein, in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.


Hilliard

en-proper noun

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)

A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, named after Daniel Hilliard.

Timiskaming District
Timiskaming District#English


Smallwood

Smallwood (countable and uncountable, plural Smallwoods)

A township in Jasper County, Illinois, United States.


Tobin

Tobin (countable and uncountable, plural Tobins)

From Irish Tóibín, from Anglo-Norman de Saint Aubyn (compare Saint Aubin), from Latin Sanctus Albīnus.

A place in the United States:
A township in Perry County, Indiana.


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)

A township and minor city therein, in Barry County, Missouri.


Ransom

Ransom (countable and uncountable, plural Ransoms)

Hillsdale County
Hillsdale County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named after Epaphroditus Ransom.

An unincorporated community and township in Nobles County, Minnesota.

Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County#English

A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.


Breen

Breen (countable and uncountable, plural Breens)

Dickinson County
Dickinson County#English

A township in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States.


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)

A minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.

A township in Bowman County, North Dakota.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A township in Washington County, Illinois.

A locale in the United States.
A township in Baraga County, Michigan.

Clearfield County
Clearfield County#English

A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.


Ellsworth

A township and community therein, in Lake County, Michigan.


Birch

en-proper noun

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)

A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.


Carman

Carman (countable and uncountable, plural Carmans)

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A township and census-designated place therein, in Henderson County, Illinois, United States.


Butterfield

Butterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Butterfields)

Missaukee County
Missaukee County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Missaukee County, Michigan.

A minor city and township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.

A township and minor city therein, in Barry County, Missouri.


Newkirk

Newkirk (countable and uncountable, plural Newkirks)

A township in Lake County, Michigan, named after H. Wirt Newkirk.


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A number of places in the United States:


Ferry

Ferry (countable and uncountable, plural Ferrys)

Two main origins:
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).

der

A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.


Littlefield

en-proper noun

Littlefield (countable and uncountable, plural Littlefields)

A township in Emmet County, Michigan, United States.


Farrington

Farrington (countable and uncountable, plural Farringtons)

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A township in Jefferson County, Illinois.


Peace

en-prop

Peace (countable and uncountable, plural Peaces)

A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.


Cranford

en-proper noun

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)

A township in Union County, New Jersey, United States.


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)


Armour

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

Armour (disambiguation)#Places
Armour (surname)

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.


Lilley

Lilley (countable and uncountable, plural Lilleys)

From Old English lind (“limetree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Newaygo County, Michigan, United States.


Hardwick

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

A township in Warren County, New Jersey.


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).

der

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A township in Cumberland County, Illinois.


Milburn

en-proper noun

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

A township and town therein, in Lake County, Indiana.

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Winfield Township.


Crittenden

Crittenden (countable and uncountable, plural Crittendens)

Champaign County
Champaign County#English

A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.


Waltz

Waltz (countable and uncountable, plural Waltzes)

A place in the United States:
A township in Wabash County, Indiana.


Cumming

Cumming (countable and uncountable, plural Cummings)

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille.

bor+

A township in Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States.


Wingfield

en-proper noun

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)

A township in Geary County, Kansas, United States.


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)

A number of places in the United States:

A village and township in Cook County, Illinois.


Dorr

Dorr (countable and uncountable, plural Dorrs)

A township in McHenry County, Illinois, United States, named after Thomas Henry Dorr.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Allegan County, Michigan, United States, believed to be named after Thomas Henry Dorr.


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)

A village and township in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States


Daggett

Menominee County
Menominee County#English

A township and village therein in Menominee County, Michigan.


Boardman

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)

A township in Kalkaska County, Michigan.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A township and census-designated place therein, in Mahoning County, Ohio.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

A township in Itasca County, Minnesota, named after John Campbell Greenway.


Gasper

Gasper (countable and uncountable, plural Gaspers)

A township in Preble County, Ohio, United States.


Whiteley

Whiteley (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteleys)

A township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Gustin

Gustin (countable and uncountable, plural Gustins)

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.


Halbert

Halbert (countable and uncountable, plural Halberts)

A township in Martin County, Indiana, United States.


Brockway

Brockway (countable and uncountable, plural Brockways)

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A township in St. Clair County, Michigan.

A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.


Welton

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A minor city and township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States.


Moffatt

en-proper noun

Moffatt (countable and uncountable, plural Moffatts)

A township in Arenac County, Michigan, United States.


Woodford

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).

Western District
Western District#English

A township in the Western District, Victoria.


Findlay

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.


Eldred

Eldred (countable and uncountable, plural Eldreds)

A number of places in the United States:

A borough and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, named after Judge Nathaniel B. Eldred.

A number of other townships in the United States, with six in Pennsylvania in all, listed under Eldred Township.


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)

A city and township in Pine County, Minnesota, named after Isaac Hinckley.

A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, named after Samuel Hinckley.


Lakin

Lakin (countable and uncountable, plural Lakins)

Three townships in Kansas, in Barton County, Harvey County and Kearny County.

A township in Morrison County, Minnesota.


Bogard

Bogard (countable and uncountable, plural Bogards)

Shortened form of Dutch van der Bogaard.

A place in the United States:
A township in Daviess County, Indiana.

A place in the United States:
A township in Henry County, Missouri.


Vincennes

François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes

From French Vincennes, ultimately from a Gaulish root. The US placename was named after François-Marie Bissot, Lord of Vincennes in France.


Bridgewater

From bridge + water.
The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location next to a bridge over the LaHave River.

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bridgewater Township.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

Ontonagon County
Ontonagon County#English

A township and census-designated place therein, in Ontonagon County, Michigan.

A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Venango County, Pennsylvania.


Sealy

en-proper noun

Sealy (countable and uncountable, plural Sealys)

A township in Logan County, North Dakota, United States.


Comfort

Comfort (countable and uncountable, plural Comforts)

A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.


Portage

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Portage Township.


Manor

English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).

Lancaster County
Lancaster County#English

A township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

Armstrong County
Armstrong County#English

A township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States


Moline

Moline (countable and uncountable, plural Molines)

Rock Island County
Rock Island County#English

A city and township in Rock Island County, Illinois.


Saville

Saville (countable and uncountable, plural Savilles)

A township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Seguin

Seguin (countable and uncountable, plural Seguins)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Rolland

Rolland (countable and uncountable, plural Rollands)

A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.


Wabash

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

A number of places in the United States:

A number of townships in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, listed under Wabash Township.


Clear Creek

The name of many creeks, rivers and other places in North America, including:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clear Creek Township.


Mellen

Mellen (countable and uncountable, plural Mellens)

From the Dutch surname, spelling variant of Melin.

A township in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.


Edgington

Edgington (countable and uncountable, plural Edgingtons)

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Eċġi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An unincorporated community and township in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.


Paton

Paton (countable and uncountable, plural Patons)

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

A city and township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.


Hocking

Hocking (countable and uncountable, plural Hockings)

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English


Winsor

Winsor (countable and uncountable, plural Winsors)

Three townships in the United States, in Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota.


Sargeant

Sargeant (countable and uncountable, plural Sargeants)

A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)

Two townships in Minnesota, in Hubbard County and Wadena County.


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A township and village therein, in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.


Summerfield

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)


Mullett

Mullett (countable and uncountable, plural Mulletts)

Cheboygan County
Cheboygan County#English

A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States, named after John Mullett.


Helt

Helt (countable and uncountable, plural Helts)

Vermillion County
Vermillion County#English

A township in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States.


Millwood

Millwood (countable and uncountable, plural Millwoods)

A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.


Flannigan

Flannigan (countable and uncountable, plural Flannigans)

A township in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States.


Wayland

Wayland (countable and uncountable, plural Waylands)

From Old English Wēland, related to Old Norse Vǫlundr, Old High German Wiolant (German Wieland). Cf. English wile.

A city and separate township in Allegan County, Michigan.

A township in Chariton County, Missouri.


Bigger

Bigger (countable and uncountable, plural Biggers)

A township in Jennings County, Indiana, United States, named after Samuel Bigger.


Spink

Spink (countable and uncountable, plural Spinks)

Originally a nickname from Middle English spink (“chaffinch”).

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Union County, South Dakota, United States.


Lawley

Lawley (countable and uncountable, plural Lawleys)

A township in Gauteng province, South Africa, named after Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock.


Toms River

A township, the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Renamed from Dover (Township) in 2006, taking the name of an existing unincorporated community.


Chatsworth

A township and village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

A township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


Hillyard

Hillyard (countable and uncountable, plural Hillyards)

A township in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.


Corner

Corner (countable and uncountable, plural Corners)

A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.


Centerville

Washington County
Washington County#English

A township and former town in Washington County, Maine, since disincorporated.


Mazon

Mazon (countable and uncountable, plural Mazons)

In Illinois, from mzan, a Potawatomi word for nettles. The surname may be from Spanish Mazón.

A township and village therein, in Grundy County, Illinois, United States.


Alloway

Alloway (countable and uncountable, plural Alloways)

A township, census-designated place, and unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.


Harford

Harford (countable and uncountable, plural Harfords)

Susquehanna County
Susquehanna County#English

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Freehold

A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States; properly, Freehold Township.

A township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Farmington

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Farmington Township.


Mount Holly

Burlington County
Burlington County#English

A township, the county seat of Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.


Janesville

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Janesville.wav

From Jane + -s- + -ville or Janes + -ville.

A city and township in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States.


Veale

Veale (countable and uncountable, plural Veales)

A township in Daviess County, Indiana, United States.


Lisle

Lisle (countable and uncountable, plural Lisles)

A place name:
A township in DuPage County, Illinois.


Dysart

Dysart (countable and uncountable, plural Dysarts)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

der

Haliburton County
Haliburton County#English

A former township in Dysart et al municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.


Dolphin

en-proper noun

Dolphin (countable and uncountable, plural Dolphins)

From Middle English Dolfin, from Old Norse Dólgfinnr (given name), from dólgr (“enemy”) + Finnr (“Sami”).

A township in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.


Haddon

Haddon (countable and uncountable, plural Haddons)

A township in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.

A township in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.

A township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.


Frailey

Frailey (countable and uncountable, plural Fraileys)

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Kingman

A township in Renville County, Minnesota.


Van Buren

A number of places in the United States:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Van Buren Township.


Pettis

A township in Adair County, Missouri, United States; another township in Platte County is inactive.


Forward

Forward (countable and uncountable, plural Forwards)

A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.


Pigeon

Pigeon (countable and uncountable, plural Pigeons)

Vanderburgh County
Vanderburgh County#English

Two townships in Indiana, in Vanderburgh County and Warrick County.


Bucklin

Bucklin (countable and uncountable, plural Bucklins)

A minor city and township in Ford County, Kansas, United States; the city was named after the township.


Oberlin

A township in Decatur County, Kansas, in which the city is located.


Ringgold

Ringgold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringgolds)

From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A number of places in the United States, those named after Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer) marked ★.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. ★


Watertown

United States of America
United States of America

The name of several places in the United States of America:

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Sanilac County, Michigan.

A township in Carver County, Minnesota, which surrounds the city.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio.


Rawlins

Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County#English

A township in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, named after John Aaron Rawlins.


Kinross

A charter township and unincorporated community therein, in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.


Hopewell

Hopewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hopewells)

Ultimately from hope + well.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

A large number of places in the United States:

A borough and township in Mercer County, New Jersey.

A number of other townships, listed under Hopewell Township.


Casco

Casco (countable and uncountable, plural Cascos)

A place in the United States:
A township in Allegan County, Michigan.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A township in St. Clair County, Michigan.


Gillies

Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District#English

A township in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.


Tewksbury

Tewksbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tewksburys)

Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County#English

A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.


Fairplay

A number of places in the United States:


Pershing

Pershing (countable and uncountable, plural Pershings)


New Rockford

A township in North Dakota, United States


Rockford

From Old English hrōca, the genitive plural form of hroc, meaning rook (the bird) + ford.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rockford Township.


Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (countable and uncountable, plural Arrowsmiths)

From arrowsmith, an occupational surname for a maker of iron arrowheads.

A township and village therein, in McLean County, Illinois, United States, named after settler Ezekiel Arrowsmith.


Bridgeport

A city and township in Lawrence County, Illinois.

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saginaw County, Michigan.


Grattan

Grattan (countable and uncountable, plural Grattans)

A township in Kent County, Michigan, United States.

A township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

A township in Holt County, Nebraska, United States.


Lockport

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

A city and township in Will County, Illinois.

St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County#English

A township in St. Joseph County, Michigan.


Susquehanna

From Lenape Sisa'we'hak'hanna (literally “Oyster River”). Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river.

Five townships in the United States, four in Pennsylvania and one in South Dakota, listed under Susquehanna Township.


Robbinsville

census-designated place
census-designated place

A township and census-designated place therein, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.


Lorance

Lorance (countable and uncountable, plural Lorances)

Bollinger County
Bollinger County#English

A township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States, named after pioneer John Lorance.


Sweetwater

A township in Clay County, North Carolina.


Woodville

A small township in the Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.


Milroy

Milroy (countable and uncountable, plural Milroys)

A place name in the United States:
A township in Jasper County, Indiana.


Great Bend

A place in the United States:
A township in Barton County, Kansas.

Cottonwood County
Cottonwood County#English

A township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, named for a meander in the Des Moines River.

A borough and township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, named from a bend in the Susquehanna River.


Hullett

Hullett (countable and uncountable, plural Hulletts)

A former township, now merged into Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.


Elizabethtown

The name of various places in the United States of America:

A former township in Essex County, New Jersey in what is now Elizabeth.


Papineau

Papineau (countable and uncountable, plural Papineaus)

A township and village therein, in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.


Minden

A township, the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada, also known as Minden Hills.

Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city and township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

A ghost town and township in Benton County, Minnesota.


Olney

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

From the dative form of the Old English personal name Olla + īeġ (“island”).

A township in Richland County, Illinois.

(uncountable) A placename:
A place in the United States:
A township in Nobles County, Minnesota.


Essa

Essa (countable and uncountable, plural Essas)

A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The origin of the name is unexplained.


Carling

Carling (countable and uncountable, plural Carlings)

Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District#English

A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


Lordsburg

Bottineau County
Bottineau County#English

A township in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States


Grand Island

A township and island in Alger County, Michigan.


Julesburg

A township in Limpopo province, South Africa.


Leacock

Leacock (countable and uncountable, plural Leacocks)

Lancaster County
Lancaster County#English

A township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Kankakee

Three townships in the United States, in Illinois (1) and Indiana (2), listed under Kankakee Township.


Patoka

In New Zealand, from the Maori language.

A village and township in Marion County, Illinois.

A town and township in Gibson County, Indiana.

Three other townships in Indiana, in Crawford County, Dubois County and Pike County, listed under Patoka Township.


Lehigh

Lehigh (countable and uncountable, plural Lehighs)

(uncountable) A placename from the surname:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lehigh Township.


Dongxiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東庠／东庠 (Dōngxiáng).

A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China


McKinnon

French: McKinnon

From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Foster County, North Dakota.


Jiji

JIJI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan’s military showed off its latest domestically produced armoured vehicle on Thursday, the CM-34 Clouded Leopard, at a remote manufacturing site in the mountains of the central part of the island.[…]
Facility chief Wang Wen-hung told reporters the plant in Jiji can produce six vehicles a month, and it has already delivered 173 of them to the military out of a total order for 305.

2022 June 16, Ann Wang, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan shows off latest home-made armoured vehicle”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-03-10, World News:

An urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan.


Amboy

A township in Lee County, Illinois, including most of the city.

Other townships in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Amboy Township.


Deerfield

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Deerfield Township.


Goodland

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Itasca County, Minnesota.


Smithfield

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smithfield Township.


Lacon

A township in Marshall County, Illinois.


Little Falls

A township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.


Shell Lake

A township in Becker County, Minnesota, named after the lake.


Mount Pleasant

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mount Pleasant Township.


Ellendale

Alexander County
Alexander County#English

A township in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States.


White River

A township in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under White River Township.


Guanshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 關山／关山 (Guānshān).

Guanshan, Taitung County
Between its rustic appeal and designated round-the-town bike trail—Taiwan's first —Guanshan may be the perfect place for cycling.

2008, Cycling in Taiwan, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164:

The two-day Baosang Guanshan bike tour follows the popular bike path around Guanshan Township (關山鎮) on the first day and follows Chihshang Township's (池上鄉) Brown Avenue on the second day.

2019 October 29, George Liao, “Three bike tours available in E Taiwans Taitung”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-05-24, Travel:

An urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A large number in the United States, including:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fairview Township.


Alpena

Ellipsis of Alpena Township.; A township in Alpena County, Michigan, United States


Suttons Bay

A township, the county seat of Leelanau County, Michigan, United States, Suttons Bay Township, surrounding the village of the same name.


Bessemer

A place in the United States:
A township in Gogebic County, Michigan.


Montmorency

Whiteside County
Whiteside County#English

A township in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States.

Montmorency County
Montmorency County#English

A township in Montmorency County, Michigan, United States.


Ann Arbor

1824 as Annarbour. From the names of two women named Ann, wives of the founders; "arbor/arbour" referring to stands of bur oak.

Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan

Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County#English

A charter township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, next to the city.


LaGrange

en-prop

LaGrange (countable and uncountable, plural LaGranges)

A number of townships in the United States, listed under LaGrange Township.


Sujiadang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 蘇家壋／苏家垱 (Sūjiādàng).

zh-l

蘇家壋／苏家垱 (Sūjiādàng)

In 2002, the former Xinchi township merged into Liaonan township, Banghu township merged into Sujiadang township, the related farms of Sanghai enterprise groups and Gongqing enterprise groups moved.

2007, Cai Hai‐Sheng, Zhang Xue‐Ling, Zhu De‐Hai, “Study of ecological capacity change andquantitative analysis of ecological compensationin a nature reserve based on RS and GIS: A casestudy on Po‐yang Lake Nature Reserve, China”, in New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, published 2010, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 762:

Sujiadang Xiang has a population of about 30,000, in which about 7,000 persons work in the urban area of Gongqingcheng City.

2012 July, Dept. of Sociology, Hohai University, “Social Assessment Report for the World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin and Ecological Economic Zone Small Town Development Demonstration Project”, in World Bank, archived from the original on 2021-06-04, page 41:

A resident of Chen's home village of Sujiadang surnamed Cheng said local people are angry at what they see as a lack of police action in the case.

2015 June 9, Xin Lin, Hai Nan, Luisetta Mudie, “Clashes in China's Jiangxi After Teen's Body is Found Near Factory”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2015-06-30:

A township in Gongqingcheng, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.


Lixin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 立新 (Lìxīn).

A township in Shashi district, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.


Huilong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 回龍／回龙 (Huílóng).

回龍／回龙 (Huílóng)

A township in Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China.


Lantian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嵐天／岚天 (Lántiān).

A township in Chengkou, Chongqing, China.


Budai

Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”).

der+

Members of several wildlife conservation groups went on a field trip to a salt marsh in Putai (布袋), Chiayi City, yesterday to witness Asian horseshoe crabs, known as one of the few "living fossil" species in Taiwan, which have been sighted recently on the coast near Chiayi City.[…]
Five adult and 32 young Asian horseshoe crabs, tachypleus tridentatus, whose appearance on Earth can be dated back to 200 million years ago, have been sighted on the coast of Putai, making it the third place in the country to witness the appearance of the crabs after sightings were reported on the outlying island of Kinmen and in the Penghu (澎湖) archipelago, Chiayi County officials said on Friday.

[2007 June 3, “Conservationists head to Putai to study `living fossils'”, in Taipei Times, sourced from CNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2007-10-13, Taiwan News, page 2:

Institute researcher Chen Tien-shui (陳添水) said that development surrounding Tsengwen and Sihcao, especially the expansion of a local fish farming industry that has replaced seasonal, shallow ponds with permanent deeper pools, has reduced the food supply and forced the spoonbills to move to wetlands in Putai (布袋) and Beimen (北門) townships and Kaohsiung City’s Cieding wetlands (茄萣溼地).

[2015 September 27, Chen Wei-han, “Human activity blamed for dwindling spoonbills in Tainan”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-09-29, Taiwan News, page 3:

An urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


Happy

en-proper noun

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)

A place in the United States:
A township in Graham County, Kansas.


Caernarvon

Two townships in Pennsylvania, United States, in Berks County and Lancaster County.


Dodds

From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

A township in Jefferson County, Illinois.


Wufeng

Postal romanization of the Mandarin 五峰 (Wǔfēng).

五峰

autonomous county in central China; town in central China; township in central China; township in northern Taiwan

A township in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China.

Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.

[2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin, archived from the original on 2023-03-05:

A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.


Daliu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大柳 (Dàliǔ).


Jianshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尖石 (Jiānshí).

As a severe cold wave sweeps across Taiwan, snowfall was reported at several locations in the country, including the Mingchih forest recreation area in Yilan County and high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County.[…]
Hsinchu County Councilor Liu Chien-ming (劉建民) told CNA that high-elevation areas in Jianshi Township, such as Llyung, Tayax villages and Lidong Mountain, had seen snowfall Tuesday evening into midnight, but as the moisture was not sufficient, there was no snow cover to speak of.

2023 January 25, George Liao, “Snow falls at Mingchih, Jianshi in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

Ho, 52, a resident of Hsinchu County’s Hsinchu’s^([sic]) Jianshi Township (尖石) died after being released on bail last year, the ruling said.

2023 June 15, Tsai Chang-sheng, Jason Pan, “Hsinchu court fines illegal logging ring NT$70 million”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-15, Taiwan News, page 3:

尖石

mountain indigenous township in northern Taiwan


Dongsong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洞松.

A township in Xiangcheng, Garzê, Sichuan, China


Wallington

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A rural township near Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + stede (“place”).

A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Amarapura

Borrowed from Burmese အမရပူရ (a.ma.ra.pura.).

A township in the city of Mandalay, Mandalay division, Burma, and former capital of Burma.


Ruisui

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瑞穗 (Ruìsuì).

“For Hualien, about 70 percent [of locally grown pomelos] would usually be sold overseas to mainland China. Now they don’t know what to do with that 70 percent, so most will be auctioned,” he said, referring to the Taiwanese county that includes Ruisui township.

2022 August 29, Christian Shepherd, Pei-Lin Wu, “Their fruit forbidden in China, Taiwan’s pomelo growers feel squeeze”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-02, Asia:

The "presidential train" will run between Hualien City and Fuli Township in Hualien County in October and between Ruisui Township in Hualien County and Taitung City in November, TR said in a statement.

2024 September 15, Wang Shu-fen, Evelyn Kao, “Public to get chance to experience Taiwan 'presidential train' trip”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-09-15, Business:

A rural township in Hualien County, Taiwan.


Yuanli

Two Boeing experts, Thurman Jones, air accident investigation coordinator and K.H. Hommel, a structural engineer, also arrived at the site of the accident between Yuanli, Tunglo and Shuanhu Villages near Sanyi township in Miaoli county, central Taiwan.

1981 August 30, “Gov't. to find causes of air disaster”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 3:

The double circle pattern was first discovered on a gravestone in Yuanli Township of Miaoli County. Later the same pattern was found on an ancestor gravestone of the Hsieh family in Houlong Township, and in several places in Tongxiao Township of Miaoli County.

2011 March, Chou Wen-hao [周文豪], “Anthropology Department [人類學組]”, in Open up the Precious: 100 Specimens and Objects of the National Museum of Natural Science [啓綻驚・華: 百件典藏精華圖錄], Taipei: National Museum of Natural Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 211:

啓綻驚・華: 百件典藏精華圖錄

More than 20 members of a group opposed to the building of wind turbines in Yuanli Township, Miaoli County stormed the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and staged a sit-in protest Wednesday at the ministry's inner courtyard.

2014 April 16, “Wind farm protesters stage sit-in at Economic Ministry”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2021-02-24, Society:

On many occasions, public hearings were more symbol than substance; key dissenting voices, interest groups and academics were either not invited, informed too late or barred access form the venue by large police deployments. In some cases, as with the controversy over InfraVest Corp's wind turbine project in Yuanli, Miaoli County, police inside a public hearing would turn their cameras on the villagers and activists, but did not do so when company representatives or government officials were making their case, measures that were regarded as intimidating.

2017, J. Michael Cole, “Civic activism and protests in Taiwan: why size doesn't (always) matter”, in Dafydd Fell, editor, Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou: From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:

The Yuanli Farmer's Association in Miaoli County's Yuanli Township has been promoting "painted" rice fields for nearly 20 years. The fields are actually not painted but rather consist of different varieties of rice that come in five different colors.

2021 May 3, Keoni Everington, “Photo of the Day: Mother's Day 'painting' seen in Taiwan rice field”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-05-03, Photo of the Day:

An urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.


Fangshan

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 枋山 (Fāngshān).

The military exercise, code named “Lien Hsing”, was held at Pingtung County's Fangshan township, involving all three branches of the ROC Armed Forces.

2000, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, numbers 3739-3751, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:

Born in 1956 in Taipei City, Tsai Ing-wen traces her family roots to Fangshan Township of Pingtung County in southern Taiwan.

2017, “President Tsai”, in Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan), archived from the original on 2017-06-13:

They follow the recipe of Tien Liyuan, who was born in 1932 the Fang-shan township of Taiwan’s P’ing-tung county.

[2019 December 8, “Tien Ma’s Cebu serves delectable Taiwanese cuisine”, in MyCebu.ph: Re/Discover Cebu, archived from the original on 2020-09-22:

For this research, we worked with Chen’s Honey of Fangshan Township, Pingtung County, using Eclipse software and Java syntax combined with Access database to develop integrated audio surveillance on a queen bee rearing and breeding management system,[...]

2020 November 17, Tai-Sheng Su, Chi-Chun Wu, Ling-Wei Chang, “Integration of audio surveillance on a queen bee rearing and breeding management system”, in Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, volume 42, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

The hometown of Taiwan’s president, Fangshan’s borders encompass a long stretch of coast and four villages home to around 5,500 people, sandwiched between mountains and oceans. Quiet and picturesque, it’s left off most tourist trails, which instead focus on Kenting national park to the south.[…]
In June, midway through Taiwan’s worst Covid outbreak of the pandemic with thousands of cases of the Alpha strain, authorities in the southern county of Pingtung detected a rush of cases in Fangshan, none of which appeared connected.
Fangshan had much in its favour – a low-density rural population with an outdoor lifestyle, and high community compliance. But it also had a lot against it. Fangshan’s health system is listed as “insufficiently resourced”, 20% of the population is over 65, and there were no protocols in place for being Delta ground zero. Almost nobody was vaccinated.

2021 September 5, Helen Davidson, “Speed, decisiveness, cooperation: how a tiny Taiwan village overcame Delta”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2021-09-05:

In other Han Kuang drills yesterday, the 99th Marine Brigade held a joint landing operation at a beach in Pingtung County’s Fangshan Township (枋山).

2022 July 29, “Leaflets, broadcasts deployed as part of Han Kuang drills”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-28, Taiwan News, page 2:

A rural township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan.


McDougall

McDougall (countable and uncountable, plural McDougalls)

Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (“son of Dubhghall”), from dubh (“black”) + Gall (“stranger”). Compare Doyle, McDowell.

der

A township in Parry Sound District, central Ontario, Canada, named after William McDougall.


Jiaoxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 礁溪 (Jiāoxī).

“The driver reported the problem many times as the train traveled between Toucheng and Jiaoxi stations,” Mr. Lai said, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.

2018 October 22, Chris Horton, “Taiwan Seeks Cause of Its Worst Rail Crash in Decades”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-10-24, Asia Pacific:

Taiwan on Monday extended the current Level 2 COVID-19 alert to Feb. 7 and recorded four new positive cases at a hotel in Jiaoxi Township of Yilan County, whose source of infection is still unknown, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

2022 January 24, Chiang Yi-ching, “CORONAVIRUS/Level 2 COVID-19 alert extended; 4 more test positive at Yilan hotel”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-01-26, Society:

A rural township in Yilan County, Taiwan.


Cimei

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 七美 (Ciměi).

Multi-island ferry tours (NT$550) starting from the South Sea visitor center make Cimei their last port in of call before returning to Magong, usually allowing passengers an insufficient hour and a half to look around.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 462:

The abundant marine resources of the Taiwan Strait, however, did not really contribute significantly to their economic improvement since the population was so small that the supply of fish always exceeded local demand. The more fish they harvested, the poorer their families became as the price declined. Hence, some Penghuans were forced to be seasonal fishers, oscillating back and forth between Kaohsiung and Penghu every year, while others migrated directly to Kaohsiung. The first wave of Penghuan migrants came mainly from Cimei. They began their migration during the colonial period and in general preferred to settle in Cihou rather than Gushan.

2009, Henry T. Chen, “The Culture and Daily Life of the Kaohsiung Fishing Communities”, in Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:

Some traditional fishing methods: [...] bottom left, stacked stones form a weirshaped like a double-heart in Cimei, Penghu archipelago;[...]

2017, Brian R. Moss, Ecology of Freshwaters: Earth's Bloodstream, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:

The county Fire Bureau said the dead man was one of four Indonesian crew members on the Cimei Township, Penghu-registered fishing boat, Fajilong 168, which set sail from Cimei at about 9 a.m. Sunday.

2018, Chen Chi-ching, Elizabeth Hsu, “Indonesian fisherman dies after falling overboard”, in Focus Taiwan:

The area where the dredging was discovered is about 30 nautical miles (55.5km) southwest of Cimei Township (七美) and is the habitat and breeding ground for many species vital to Penghu’s fishing industry.

2019, “Chinese detained over dredging near Penghu”, in Taipei Times:

The remote offshore areas set forth in the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 include:[…]
2. Cimei Township and Wang-an Township under the jurisdiction of Penghu County, Taiwan Province.

2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities, archived from the original on 2022-03-02, page 6:

The Chinese dredgers and sand transporters were discovered operating about 50 nautical miles west-southwest of Penghu's Cimei Township, which is the southernmost island of the Penghu archipelago in the Taiwan Strait, the coast guard said....
According to Penghu authorities, the coast guard's 600-ton "Taichung"-class patrol vessel was deployed to chase the Chinese boats beyond the 60 nautical mile marker west of Cimei and out of Taiwan's territorial waters.

2020 April 17, “Penghu coast guard chases off illegal Chinese sand dredgers”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2020-06-20:

A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

七美

rural township in southern Penghu (the Pescadores)


Wangan

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 望安 (Wàng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Wang⁴-an¹.

Living conditions on outer islands are being improved. Trans-short wave telephones were installed in Wangan and Chimei villages in August, 1971. The villages also received electric lights in 1971.

1973, China Yearbook 1972-1973, Taipei: China Publishing Co., page 124:

The centre, about 1km north of Wangan's ferry pier, works to educate visitors about Penghu’s turtle population; it also provides information about other attractions around Wangan Township (www.wangan.gov.tw).

2010, Steven Crook, Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 303–304:

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the critical success factors (CSF) small island to develop marine tourism, and elements of tourism development. Qualitative investigation was used, and object as a case study by Wangan Township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

2013 October, Cheng-Lung Wu, Hsiao-Ming Chang, “Island Marine Tourism Development Critical Success Factors - Case by Wangan in Taiwan”, in Journal of Global Business Management, volume 9, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 126:

The Ou family mansion in Penghu's Wangan Township. It is part of a historic community that was named in 2003 by the New York-based World Monuments Fund as one of the world's "100 Most Endangered Sites."

2016 April 11, “Unique old house”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-07-08, Photos of the Day:

Penghu thus had become an important conservation area for sea turtles. Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles.

2016 August 3, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “澎湖沙灘綠蠵龜孵化 志工守候記錄 [Green sea turtles hatch in Penghu first time in 12 yrs.]”, in Anthony Lin, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2016-08-05:

Peng Kuan-chieh (彭冠傑), who fell in love with sea turtles during a childhood visit to the Green Sea Turtle Museum in Penghu County’s Wangan Township (望安), has channeled his passion into making polymer clay models of the creatures, which are being used to encourage conservation efforts and to raise money.

2017, Jake Chung, “Turtle-lover’s polymer clay models prove an online hit”, in Taipei Times:

[2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities, archived from the original on 2022-03-02, page 6:

[…]Wangan Township of Penghu County as the three potential sites on 19 August 2008, which immediately prompted diverse forms of citizen mobilisation to express their views.

2021, Mei-Fang Fan, Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan: A Deliberative Systems Perspective, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=LHX-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134:

Wangan Township is located in the south of Penghu Islands and is composed of 18 isles with a total area of 13.7824km2. The population of the Township is approximately 4,500.

(Can we date this quote?), “Wangan Introduction”, in Wangan Township Hall, Penghu County, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:


Baisha

From the Mandarin 白沙 (Báishā, literally “white sand”).

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Until a few years ago, it was necessary to take a ferry to travel from one of the three to another, but the three big islands plus several smaller ones in between are today all interconnected by a vast network of bridges. The longest of these, connecting Baisha with Yuweng, is almost two miles in length and is the longest ocean bridge in the Far East.

1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 3:

The magnificent Tongliang Banyan, thought to be more than 200 years old, forms a huge and glorious canopy over the courtyard of Baoan Temple in the village of Tongliang, on Baisha's western tip.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:

While recycling plastic and other debris that washes up on beaches and turning them into art has become a trend in the county, the students at Niaoyu Elementary School in Baisha Township’s (白沙) Niaoyu Islet (鳥嶼) are the first to create a musical instrument out of trash.

2019 September 12, Yu-ching Liu, William Hetherington, “Penghu students create musical art from ocean trash”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-11, Taiwan News, page 4:

A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan

白沙

rural township in northern Penghu (the Pescadores)

A township in Pu'an, Qianxinan prefecture, Guizhou, China


Huxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湖西 (Húxī).

The aircraft took off from Taiwan’s southern city of Kaohsiung, headed for the island of Makong, but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu County, the main island of the chain also known as the Pescadores.

2014 July 23, Faith Hung, “Leaders of Taiwan, China offer condolences for 48 dead in plane crash”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-10-04, Industrials:

There is much to see and do in Magong City and the adjacent township of Huxi, but even those staying on the islands for just one night should make good use of the bridges and causeways that provide access to the islands of Baisha and Xiyu.
Road 203 heads north out of Magong – home to over half of the county’s 104,000 permanent residents as well as serving as the archipelago’s administrative center — and through Huxi before veering westward across Baisha.

2018 June 4, “The Windswept Allure of Penghu”, in Taiwan Business TOPICS, archived from the original on 2020-09-25:

The spill, which took place last June, has only recently come to light. Company executives say they were not notified of the spill until a year after it took place. Seven employees are facing punishment for their role in the incident.
The affected area is more than 0.8 hectares plot of land in Huxi Township, on the offshore islands of Penghu.

2018 July 23, “Oil spill recovery likely to take two years: CPC”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2024-05-04:

湖西

rural township in Penghu (the Pescadores)


Wellesley

→ Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there

Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)

Samoan: ʻesi

Tongan: lesi

A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.


Lioujiao

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六腳 (Liòujiǎo).

Located along the Pozih Creek between Tongshih and Lioujiao, Boat Harbor is a small village in Tongshih Township.

2004, 關懷社區營造: 台灣心故鄉. II [Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

Second, a case study with in-deep interview to the old people of "An Young Town" in Lioujiao Township is presented.

2008, 社區發展季刊 [She qu fa zhan ji kan], 中華民國社區發展硏究訓練中心, →OCLC, page 177:

Approximately 11 sites in the Lioujiao Township with (scores less than 2.0) had the worst conditions for habitats (Figure 3e).

2017, Juang Shin-Ruoh et al., “An Expert-Based Assessment Model for Evaluating Habitat Suitability of Pond-Breeding Amphibians”, in Sustainability, volume 9, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

Cheng also wishes to pass on his skills and has taught people how to make tatami at community centers in Lioujiao Township’s (六腳) Wanbei Village (灣北) and Puzi City’s Shuntian Village (順天).

2017 December 13, Cheng Nai-chiang, Sherry Hsiao, “Handmade tatamis a rare Chiayi County craft”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2017-12-12:

The 10th Tai Zi Culture Festival will take place at Suan-Tou Elementary school in Lioujiao Township, Chiayi County from the afternoon of Dec. 8, CNA reported on Sunday (Dec. 1).

2019 December 1, George Liao, “2019 Tai Zi Culture Festival in SW Taiwan to feature colorful subculture on Dec. 8”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-12-02:

A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


Gueiren

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸仁 (Gueirén).

All the assessments of Green Buildings depend on the evidences of scientific experiment. Therefore the National Building Performance Laboratory located in Gueiren, Tainan was set up by Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior for the vernacular scientific experiments and practices of Green Buildings.

2006, 有綠建築真好 [Good to be Green: Green Building Promotion Policy in Taiwan], Taipei: Architecture & Building Research Institute Ministry of the Interior, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:

Two died in Tainan's Gueiren District, including a woman who was hit by a fallen^([sic – meaning falling]) water tower.

2016 February 5, Jillian Sederholm, Phil Helsel, “Taiwan Earthquake: More Than 150 Missing After Deadly 6.4-Magnitude Temblor”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2016-02-07:

In this study, we discuss about rainfall in Gueiren District, one of the satellite towns of Tainan City and a rural-urban fringe of Tainan City. The purpose of this study is mainly to discuss the development and settlement factors and land use in Gueiren District from Japanese colonial period to the present day and the change of lifestyle of residents due to the influence of urban expansion in Gueiren District after World War II.

2017, Chao-Hua (王昭驊) Wang, “臺南市歸仁區的聚落變遷與發展（1895-2016） [The Development of Settlement in Gueiren District, Tainan City(1895-2016)]”, in Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China 中國地理學會會刊, volume 59, →DOI:

The new Cyber Security and Smart Technology R&D building is part of Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City, an industrial park in Gueiren District, Tainan.
“Few people wanted to move for work to Gueiren five years ago, but the hub in the district is expected to become the cradle of Asia’s most advanced cybersecurity technology, featuring innovative startups,” quipped Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong during the new building’s opening ceremony.

2022 January 5, Rebecca Oi, “Taiwan ramps up smart technology initiatives”, in Tech Wire Asia, archived from the original on 2022-01-05:


Framlingham

/ˈfɹæmlɪŋəm/

Western District
Western District#English

A rural township in the Western District, Victoria, Australia.


East Greenwich

East Greenwich
East Greenwich Township, New Jersey

Gloucester County
Gloucester County#English

A township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.


Grayling

A charter township in Crawford County, Michigan, which surrounds the city.


Royal Oak

/ˈɹɔɪəl.əʊk/

A charter township in Oakland County, Michigan, the smallest in the state.


Niya

A township in Minfeng, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Arele

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 阿熱勒／阿热勒 (Ārèlè).

zh-l

阿熱勒／阿热勒 (Ārèlè)

Area with shaking intensity VI is about 43000 km2, which includes Minfeng, Yutian County, Bositan, Nuer, Arele, Yingbage, Niya, Salewuzeke town, etc.

2015 June, Kun (陈鲲), et al. Chen, “2014年2月12日新疆于田7.3级地震震动图 [Shakemap of the Yutian, Xinjiang M7.3 earthquake on 12 Feb 2014]”, in 地震地质 [Dizhen Dizhi], volume 37, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-02-20:

A township in Yutian, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Darya Boyi

Borrowed from Uyghur دەريا بويى (derya boyi, literally “big river”).

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DAYBREAK in the village of Darya Boyi finds a daughter doing chores (left).

2009 December, Matthew Teague, “The Other Tibet”, in National Geographic Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47:

The Keriya River, which stretched in the 1950s to the dunes of the Taklimakan Desert, about 240 km north of Keriya Town, today barely reaches the village of Darya Boyi, 120 km away from Keriya Town.

2010, Yalikun Tashi, Philippe C. Chamard, Marie-Françoise Courel, Tashpolat Tiyip, Yiliminuer Tuerxun, Sam Drake, The Recent Evolution of the Oasis Environment in the Taklimakan Desert, China, Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC; republished as Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions, 2009, page 71:

A resettlement housing area for villagers from Darya Boyi Town in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, November 19, 2019.

2021 February 27, Dennis Etler, “What the U.S. can learn from China”, in CGTN, archived from the original on 2021-02-27:


Togragaz

A student practices dancing at home in Togragaz Township of Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2019.

2019 September 8, “Xinjiang helps impoverished farmers, herders relocate to eradicate absolute poverty”, in mingmei, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2019-12-12:

A man cleans the courtyard at Togragaz Township in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2019

2019 December 6, “Measures carried out in poverty-stricken villages in China's Xinjiang to improve locals' living standards”, in zh, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2019-12-06:

Photo taken on May 22, 2020 shows the inside view of a villager's house in Togragaz Village of Togragaz Township, Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

2020 June 22, “Villagers relish modern life in new houses in Xinjiang”, in State Council Information Office, archived from the original on 2021-02-11:


Noyes

A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Kokyar

On Feb. 16, authorities in nearby Keriye (Yutian) county announced a move to add 254 additional auxiliary members to its police force, with 204 jobs reserved for ethnic Uyghurs and 50 spaces held for Han Chinese, local media reports said. Speaking to RFA, a police officer in Keriye’s Kokyar township confirmed the recruitment drive was under way. “More than 200 [auxiliary] policemen will be recruited soon to patrol the roads, streets, and neighborhoods day and night,” RFA’s source said. “They will also be stationed at various checkpoints to check people coming into the township and other townships in the county.”

2017, Richard Finney, reporter Eset Sulaiman, “Xinjiang Police Launch Recruitment Drive Following Uyghur Knife Attack”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia:

Next day we marched to Kokyar, twelve miles. Route west, across a sandy ridge two miles off, and then up the gully of the Kokyar river, which flows in a narrow winding valley from south to north, between high ridges of sand and gravel, to the town itself which is the capital of this district.

1875, H. W. Bellew, Kashmir and Kashghar: A Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 391:

As it was already later in the year, we had chosen the winter route (zamistani) over Kokyar.

1926, Albert von Le Coq, translated by Anna Barwell, Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan, George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page 153:

Brodie lent only half an ear. He was eying the wall map, comparing it with what he had seen from the chopper. He picked out the three nearest towns—Yarkand, Karghalik, and Kokyar—running north to south. Everything inside a huge semicircle bounded on the west by the Yarkand River and the southeast by the Kunlun Mountains was shaded. That must be the barbed-wire zone guarded by the army. Kokyar lay inside with more than a hundred other villages and hamlets. In this sector a narrow swath marked in red ran northeast, broadening into a shape like the flyswatter Yao was turning in his fingers. Brodie had heard traffice last night, and the map showed a road from Yarkand through Karghalik and Kokyar to the frontier, obviously a military road taking heavy traffic. Yao had laid down his flyswatter and swiveled around to point to a dot slightly west of Kokyar. "We are here, if you are interested, Mr. Brodie," he murmured.

1978, Hugh McLeave, A Borderline Case, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 148:

A township in Kargilik, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Qaka

A township in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

恰哈

township in Qira, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


St Leonards

A coastal township near the city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Bostan

Figure a is the typical interconnection of power system of township branches taking Noor power satiation as example.
Figure b is the typical interconnection of power system of village terminals taking Bostan township village as example.

2014, Zulati Litifu, “An Application of Developing Renewable Energy in an Extreme Arid and Energy-Scarce Area in Tarim Desert”, in Energy Procedia, volume 61, →DOI, page 2710:


Aqqik

Within the Tarim Basin, they reach to the Aqqik area, and Magartag in the central region.[...]the Tarim gulf was very wide, and seawater extended northward to Yingan of Akesu, and Xiaokuzibai of Wensu and possibly eastward to Aqqik of Luopu.

1991, Tamio Kotaka, Shallow Tethys 3: Proceedings of the International Symposium, →OCLC, pages 235, 236:

In the course of marine incursion and sedimentation, the sea only reached the Wuqia area during the late Eocene, but in Palaeocene - middle Eocene, marine conditions extended eastwards into the desert of the Mazartag area, and southwards, probably into the Aqqik area of Lop.

1996, Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, editors, Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China, Beijing: Science Press, →OCLC, page 125:

A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

A township in Yopurga, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Sampul

East of Khotan itself, we find a local culture typified by a cemetery at Sampul (Shanpula).

2000, J.P. Mallory, Victor H. Mair, The Tarim Mummies Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:

A remarkably Greek- looking male portrait, from a third- or second- century BC woollen wall-hanging found at Sampul

2002, Frances Wood, The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia, University of California Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37:

At the site of Sampul (or Shanpula), near the southwestern Tarim Basin oasis of Luopu, a Saka grave has yielded a piece of woven woolen cloth [Fig. 2] that shows Hellenistic and Persian inspiration in the depictions of a centaur and a lance-bearing warrior (Xinjiang weiwu'er 2001).

2009, Robert A. Jones, “Centaurs on the Silk Road: Recent Discoveries of Hellenistic Textiles in Western China”, in The Silk Road, Saratoga, CA: Silk Road Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23, column 2:

Like nearly all of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age cemeteries encircling the Tarim Basin, the complex at Sampul lies on the gravelly tableland or terrace that is located between the desert floor and the foothills of the mountains beyond, the source of the meltwater from the glaciers that sustains life in the oases.

2010, Victor Mair, “The Mummies of East Central Asia”, in Expedition, volume 52, number 3, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-11-13:

A source with ties to Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture recently told RFA’s Uyghur Service that Sampul township head Ablikim Mettursun and Sampul township United Front Work Department employee Memet’eziz Mettohti had been convicted and sent to prison in Hotan’s Keriye (Yutian) county in 2015.
[...]RFA spoke with a Lop county government employee who said they did not have any information on either Mettursun or Mettohti, and referred further questions to higher-level officials, as well as a staffer with the Lop County Justice Department, who also said they did not know anything about the two men.
However, when asked whether any cadres from Sampul township had been sent to internment camps, an employee with a legal work unit in Lop county told RFA that “there's no one in the camps, they’re in prison.”
When asked who had been sent to prison, the employee responded, “Oh, you know, Memet’eziz Mettohti… he worked for the party in Sampul township.”

2020 January 24, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Two Uyghur Cadres Jailed Over Failure to Confiscate ‘Illegal Religious Text’”, in Elise Anderson, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2020-01-25:


Ilchi

Johnson mentioned that Ilchi lies only six miles from the edge of the Takla Makan desert, and he cites reports of 360 cities being buried in the shifting sands in 24 hours.

2002 November, David Spencer Smith, “Khan Habibullah and His Tenga, and Some Numismatic Mysteries from Khotan”, in Numismatics International Bulletin, volume 37, number 11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 331:

“There are many different signs of religious extremism,” a village secretary from Hotan city’s Ilchi township said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“[New guidelines say to look for] those who, when at prayer, stand with their legs wide apart and place their hands above their chest, and also those who dye their hair red.”
In addition to existing warnings about against Uyghurs who grow long hair or beards,” the new guidelines advise authorities to be wary of “those who wear short trousers” and “those who wear a watch on their right wrist,” he said.

2017 November 9, “China introduces revised Uyghur extremism list”, in Uyghur Human Rights Project, archived from the original on 2018-01-12:

A policeman in Hotan’s Ilchi township said families in his district have been interrogated in the days around July 5.
“Our focal point is whether July 5 is on their memories and, if so, what kinds of memories do they have.”
The police work of visiting families has in the past year “decreased a bit because all the key families in the watch list are in training,” he said.

2019 July 5, Paul Eckert, Ekrem Hezim, Mamatjan Juma, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, Kurban Niyaz, “10th Anniversary of Urumqi Unrest Brings Protests Over Internment Camps, Accountability Demands”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2019-07-06:

A township in Hotan City, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

伊里其

township in Hotan City, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Jiya

Women work in an Etles silk mill in Jiya Town of Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 8, 2017. Etles silk, with a history of more than a thousand years in Hotan City, is regarded as the witness of the cultural mixture between China and the neighboring countries as it illustrates a perfect combination of Chinese silk production technique and surrounding central Asian countries' patterning. The production of the Eltes^([sic – meaning Etles]) silk is now regaining its momentum as the local government invests more resources into the sector to revive the once vanishing craft. About 6,000 families in the Jiya Town are capable of producing the silk which brings 1,200 yuan (about 180 US dollars) extra income per capita for the local residents.

2017 August 15, Ma Kai, “Etles silk production craft revived in China's Xinjiang”, in An, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 2019-08-03:

An ethnic Uighur man looks on at the cemetery surrounding the tomb of Imam Asim in the Taklamakan Desert outside the village of Jiya near Hotan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 21, 2017.

2018 November 8, “Who Are the Uighurs?”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 2020-01-12, East Asia Pacific:


Koramlik

The method of calculating the slip-rate of a fault is to divide the displacement of a ridge lies between two neighboring terraces of one river by the age of the lower terrace. The displacements of rivers are not considered in this study because of its uncertainty. At Koramlik, the slip-rate of the Altun Fault since 6.02 ± 0.47ka BP is 11.6 ± 2.6mm/yr, and since 15.76 ± 1.19ka BP is 9.6 ± 2.6mm/yr.

2004, “Late Quaternary slip-rate on the Altun Fault west to the Qarqan River”, in F. Wang, Xiwei Xu, Rongzhang Zheng, W.-B. Chen, editors, Seismol Geol / Dizhen Dizhi, volume 26, Research Gate, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-12:

[...]south to Koramlik village, a seasonal river runs from mountains northward and passes the village (site A in Fig. 3).

2004, Earthquake Research in China, volume 18, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 399:

A township in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

庫拉木勒克

township in Qiemo, Bayingolin, Xinjiang, China


Yeyik

Tohti described a situation then current in Yeyiq Yezisi (Yeyike) township which is reminiscent of share-cropping in the post-bellum American south.

[2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 365:

An explorer's work is never done. After lunch we headed south straight across the desert towards the Kun Lun Mountains. It was 42 miles from the road. We had to cross two riverbeds and bounced across some pretty rocky terrain. That is why they called our Toyotas off-road vehicles. Finally after a couple of hours we arrived at Yeyik —a commune surrounded by desert and mountains. There was nothing special about the place except its remoteness. Eight camels were waiting to help us follow Marco Polo in a manner that he no doubt used in this part of his travels. Those in our group who did not get a camel were entitled to a horse. We all saddled up and were soon crossing a wide river bed on our way to visit a family whose home was on the other side of this section of the desert.

2008, Harry Rutstein, The Marco Polo Odyssey, Bennett & Hastings Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210:

These results suggest that there are two migration routes for Demoiselle Cranes breeding in central Asia: one directly over the Himalayas, the other via the Hindu Kush. Important stopover sites included Barkol Lake, Lop Nur Lake, Yakatograk and Yeyik, and the Keriya River.

2010, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, “Satellite tracking the migration of birds in eastern Asia”, in British Birds, volume 103, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 293:

During the first day of ascent to the Plateau, the cranes travelled between 200 and 250 km and stopped over near aquatic features, including Chainjoin Lake, Yeyik and the Doman River.

2017, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Jason Minton, “Migratory Routes across the Himalayas Used by Demoiselle Cranes”, in Bird Migration across the Himalayas: Wetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

A township in Niya, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

葉亦克

township in Niya, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Langru

November[…]
23 Visit to a market held near Khotan. Grains bought.[…]
28 Left at 9 A.M. All day enroute. Collected tree cuttings. Bought seeds. Stayed for the night in Langru.

1910, Frank Nicholas Meyer, “ITINERARY REPORT”, in Letters of Frank N. Meyer, volume II, →OCLC, page 1150:

Additional outcrops were investigated south and west of Hotan. They were unproductive, except in Langru (other spelling Ranru) area where two fossiliferous localities were discovered .

2003, Revue de Paléobiologie, volume 22, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 482:

Located in Langru Town of Hotan County, Uluwarty Scenic Spot is a large reservoir that was completed in 2001. The water in the reservoir is as deep as 110 meters, with a dam 131 meters high.

2011 December 2, Dongya Zhang, “Natural beauties of southern Xinjiang”, in Beijing Today, number 547, →OCLC, Travel China, page 20:

In Langru Township in Hotan county, any Uyghur on the police suspect list who fails to present himself or herself to authorities will have their name “erased from township household registers,” according to one police document recently obtained by RFA.

2014 December 17, Richard Finney, Jelil Kashgari, Erkin Tarim, “Uyghurs Face Seizure of Land, Personal Property Under Tough New Rules”, in Eset Sulaiman, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2014-12-30:

A township in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

朗如

township in Hotan County, Hotan, Xinjiang, China


Seghizkol

Borrowed from Uyghur سېغىزكۆل (sëghizköl).

Another of Rozinishan’s brothers in Seghizkol town, in Hoten prefecture’s Hoten county, where the family is based, said that the response from the Uyghur community has been overwhelming.

2010 June 15, Joshua Lipes, Mihriban (reporter), “Patient Pressed on Gifts”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., edited by Sarah Jackson-Han, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2010-06-16:


Saybag

A man and his wife rest in their house at the Qushou Village of Saybag Township in Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 21, 2019.

2019 December 6, “Measures carried out in poverty-stricken villages in China's Xinjiang to improve locals' living standards (7)”, in Shi Xi, Liang Jun, editors, People's Daily, archived from the original on 2019-12-28:

A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

A township in Shufu, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.


Kawak

Finally, a spreadsheet from Kawak (喀瓦克) Township in the northern part of Karakax County that lists 1,249 persons in detention and re-education shows that 93.2 percent of persons who are classified as “untrustworthy” are either in detention or re-education.

2020 February, Adrian Zenz, “The Karakax List: Dissecting the Anatomy of Beijing’s Internment Drive in Xinjiang”, in Journal of Political Risk, volume 8, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-02-17:

喀瓦克

township in Karakax, Hotan, Xinjiang, China