Bible Dictionaries
Township

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

(2):

(n.) The district or territory of a town.

(3):

(n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Township'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/township.html. 1828.