The term township , in Canada , is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the country itself.
19-594: Keene may refer to: Places [ edit ] In Canada Keene, Ontario , a small community in Ontario, Canada In the United States Keene, California , a census-designated place Keene, Kansas , an unincorporated community Keene, Kentucky , a city Keene, Nebraska , an unincorporated community Keene, New Hampshire , city and county seat of Cheshire County Keene, New York ,
38-556: A lower-tier municipality (if located in a county or regional municipality , i.e. in Southern Ontario ) or single-tier municipality (if located in a district, i.e. in Northern Ontario ). A township municipality may consist of a portion of one or more geographic townships united as a single entity with a single municipal administration. Often rural counties are subdivided into townships. In some places, usually if
57-459: A town Keene, North Dakota , an unincorporated community Keene, Ohio , an unincorporated community Keene, Texas , a city Keene, Virginia , an unincorporated town community Keene, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Keene Township (disambiguation) Keene Pond , pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts In education [ edit ] Keene State College , an institution of
76-462: Is a living history museum located in the hamlet of Lang. Lang Pioneer Village is owned and operated by the County of Peterborough and is open to the public from approximately mid-May to mid-September. In addition to the regular season, Lang Pioneer Village offers various education programs and hosts a number of popular special events throughout the summer and fall seasons. The Lang-Hastings Trail
95-473: Is a 33 km rail trail that runs between Peterborough and Hastings, and passes through Keene and other areas. It is part of the Trans-Canada Trail , the longest trail build in the country. The area is served by the small Keene/Elmhirst's Resort Airport and Keene/Elmhirst's Resort Water Aerodrome . Keene has a school of approximately 600 students called North Shore Public School. This school
114-544: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Keene, Ontario Otonabee–South Monaghan is a township in central-eastern Ontario , Canada, in Peterborough County . The township, located along the Trent–Severn Waterway , was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Otonabee and South Monaghan Townships. The main attraction in
133-534: Is the main elementary school for families in Keene, as well as those on outlying farms. North Shore is a feeder school for Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School . Township (Canada) In Eastern Canada , a township is one form of the subdivision of a county . In Quebec, the term is canton in French. The historic colony of Nova Scotia (present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island ) used
152-417: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Otonabee–South Monaghan had a population of 7,087 living in 2,732 of its 3,050 total private dwellings, a change of 6.3% from its 2016 population of 6,670 . With a land area of 346.15 km (133.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.5/km (53.0/sq mi) in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): Lang Pioneer Village Museum
171-648: The Prairie Provinces and parts of British Columbia , a township is a division of the Dominion Land Survey . Townships are (mostly) 6-by-6-mile (9.7 by 9.7 km) squares, about 36 square miles (93 km ) in area. The townships are not political units (although political boundaries often follow township boundaries) but exist only to define parcels of land relatively simply. Townships are divided into 36 equal 1-by-1-mile (1.6 by 1.6 km) square parcels, known as "sections." In Saskatchewan ,
190-708: The British Conquest, primarily as a surveying unit. They were designated and cover most of the unattributed territory in Eastern Quebec and what is now known as the Eastern Townships and later used in surveying the Outaouais and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions. Townships often served as the territorial basis for new municipalities, but township municipalities are no different from other types such as parish or village municipalities. In
209-491: The University System of New Hampshire Keene High School , public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire Keene Independent School District , public school district based in Keene, Texas People [ edit ] Keene (surname) , people with that name Keene Fitzpatrick (1864-1944), American track coach, athletic trainer, professor of physical training and gymnasium director considered "one of
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#1732771956957228-668: The area is the Serpent Mounds Campgrounds and Historical Site . It has an effigy mound in the shape of a snake, constructed as an earthwork nearly 2,000 years ago by indigenous peoples of the Hopewell culture . Formerly a Provincial Park, the government returned the site to the Hiawatha First Nation as a historically significant burial ground for the Indigenous people. In addition to
247-710: The mounds and campgrounds, the park also has a groomed beach for swimming and several kilometers of walking and biking trails. Another popular pastime in the area is fishing. Rice Lake is known to many as a great spot for some boating and fishing. There are also several resorts with water access points. The township comprises the communities of Assumption, Bailieboro, Bensfort, Bensfort Bridge, Blezard, Cameron, Campbelltown, Drummond, Hall Landing, Indian River, Jermyn, Keene, Lang, Mathers Corners, Pengelley Landing, Pleasant Point, Stewart Hall, Villiers, Wallace Point, and Zion. It has interesting shops, artisans, gardens, and history, with fishing and camping or resorts close at hand. In
266-432: The original historical administrative subdivisions surveyed and established primarily in the 1800s. They are used primarily for geographic purposes, such as land surveying, natural resource exploration and tracking of phenomena such as forest fires or tornados , but are not political entities. Township municipalities, also called "political townships", are areas that have been incorporated with municipal governments, and are
285-517: The pioneers of intercollegiate sport" Other uses [ edit ] Keene/Elmhirst's Resort Airport , airport near Keene, Ontario Keene & Simpson , American architectural firm Keene Swamp Bats , collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire Keene , 1969 film starring Joseph Cotten See also [ edit ] Keen (disambiguation) Kene , a given name and surname Keane (disambiguation) Keenes, Illinois Keeney (surname) Topics referred to by
304-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Keene . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keene&oldid=1122863236 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
323-582: The term township as a subdivision of counties and as a means of attracting settlers to the colony. In Prince Edward Island, the colonial survey of 1764 established 67 townships, known as lots, and 3 royalties, which were grouped into parishes and hence into counties; the townships were geographically and politically the same. In New Brunswick, parishes have taken over as the present-day subdivision of counties, and present-day Nova Scotia uses districts as appropriate. In Ontario , there are both geographic townships and township municipalities. Geographic townships are
342-401: The township is in a county rather than in a regional municipality , the head of a political township may be called a " reeve ", not a mayor. However, the distinction is changing as many rural townships are replacing the title with "mayor" to reduce confusion. A few townships keep both titles and designate "mayor" as the head of the municipal council and use "reeve" to denote the representative to
361-412: The upper tier (usually county) council. The term "geographic township" is also used in reference to former political townships that were abolished or superseded as part of municipal government restructuring. In Quebec , townships are called cantons in French and can also be political and geographic, similar to Ontario although the geographic use is not used much or at all. They were introduced after
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