Definition of "township"

The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.

1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23

Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on.

2010, Rajib Shaw, Danai Thaitakoo, Water Communities‎, Emerald Books, page 252

In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured township on the site of the existing African township.

1972, Daily Dispatch