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Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.
Common population definitions for an urban area (city or town) range between 1,500 and 50,000 people, with most U.S. states using a minimum between 1,500 and 5,000 inhabitants. [20] [21] Some jurisdictions set no such minima. [22] In the United Kingdom, city status is awarded by the Crown and then remains permanent.
In Virginia, a town is an incorporated municipality similar to a city (though with a smaller required minimum population). But while cities are by Virginia law independent of counties, towns are contained within counties. [46]
Buford, Wyoming. Population: 1 or 2 . Billed as “America’s Smallest Town,” Buford spans 9.9 acres and includes a gas station, convenience store, and a modular home.
There is no limit to the population of a village in New York; Hempstead, the largest village in the state, has 55,000 residents, making it more populous than some of the state's cities. However, villages in the state may not exceed five square miles (13 km 2) in area. Present law requires a minimum of 500 residents to incorporate as a village.
Monowi has always been a small town, but decades ago it did have a population of roughly 150. Over the years and as farming jobs were lost to automation, its residents have moved elsewhere.
The use of housing unit density as an alternative minimum for inclusion: either 2,000 housing units or a population of 5,000 may qualify an area as an urban area. Previously, this minimum was 2,500 in population. The lowering of the allowable "jump distance" from 2.5 to 1.5 miles.
[1] [2] The minimum population requirement for incorporation is 1,600 for a village and 5,000 for a city. [3] Unless a county has adopted a charter, it has a structure that includes the following elected officers: A three-member board of commissioners [4] exercising both executive and legislative powers.