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Town – a settlement or village that has grown into an urbanized area and historically features a central market or court, particularly as a regional market town. City – any consolidated urbanized area, historically often with a walled urban core, and in larger urban or metropolitan areas the downtown area.
In most cases, towns provide limited services and thus town residents often pay lower taxes than their city or village counterparts. Some towns have been authorized to exercise village powers, increasing their authority. [1] Towns are governed by Town Boards, with the board chairperson at its head.
In New York, a village is an incorporated area that differs from a city in that a village is within the jurisdiction of one or more towns, whereas a city is independent of a town. Villages thus have less autonomy than cities. [2] A village is usually, but not always, within a single town.
The minimum size for incorporation as a city is 2,500, and the minimum size for incorporation as a village varies by the county population. [2] Municipalities having a population above 25,000 automatically have home rule status, whereas smaller municipalities have the option via referendums .
Village residents pay both town and village taxes, and vote in town and village elections. [54] Those services not provided by the village are provided by the town or towns containing the village. [ citation needed ] As of the 2000 [update] census, 9.9% of the state's population was living in one of the 556 villages in New York.
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. [1]The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative status, or historical significance.
A municipality with more than five thousand residents is a village if its population falls below five thousand after subtracting out-of-town students and prisoners; When the boundaries of a township are coterminous with the boundaries of a city or village, the township ceases to exist as a separate government. [1]
The term "town" is also used for a local level of government in New York and Wisconsin. The terms "town" and "township" are used interchangeably in Minnesota. Some townships or other incorporated areas like villages, boroughs, plantations, and hamlets have governments and political power; others are simply geographic designations.