We recently vacationed in NY, PA, New England and Ontaria; I wonder now about the difference between a town, a village and a township. Dictionaries rank size along the lines of hamlet, village, town, city...but I couldn't see where "township" fits in. I imagine it even varies by state/province. In one area - sorry I can't recall which - there seemed to be townships within villages.

We've been watching the weather for some of the places we went on our vacation. Brrrr. When you folks thaw out enough, could you help me with my question!

A township is square with approximately six-mile sides and an area of 36 square miles.

A town has about 1500 to 5000 people.

A village has less people than a town and can contain townships within them.

A city has a population of about 150,000 people.

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