Twp.

Geography & Places abbreviation · Geographic Feature

Twp.
Stands forTownship
CategoriesGeography & Places

Twp. stands for Township, a geographic feature abbreviation.

Local government or survey unit in states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan and Ohio; under the Public Land Survey System a township is a six-mile-square grid of 36 one-square-mile sections.

Example: The zoning board of Cranberry Twp. approved the warehouse plan.

Usage notes

Survey townships and civil townships are related but not identical. Twp. also appears on road signs and in rural addresses, such as Twp Rd 112 in Ohio.

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