Table 8-3. (cont.)
| North Carolina | The townships are nonfunctioning geographic subdivisions of counties and are not governments. |
| North Dakota | Of the 1,352 townships, all but one are actively functioning governmental units. The remaining township, Fargo in Cass County, is inactive, but it has the ability to activate and perform governmental functions. |
| Ohio | Of the 1,318 townships, all but one are actively functioning governmental units. The remaining township, Wayne in Montgomery County, is inactive, but it has the ability to activate and perform governmental functions. |
| Pennsylvania | Of the 1,549 townships, all but one are actively functioning governmental units. The remaining township, Cold Spring in Lebanon County, is inactive, but it has the ability to activate and perform governmental functions. The single road district, East Fork in Potter County, also is an actively functioning government. |
| Rhode Island | All towns are actively functioning governmental units. |
| South Dakota | All townships are actively functioning governmental units. |
| Vermont | Of the 242 towns, all but five are actively functioning governmental units. The five remaining towns (Glastenbury in Bennington County, Averill, Ferdinand, and Lewis in Essex County, and Somerset in Windham County) are inactive, but they have the ability to activate and perform governmental functions. The gores and grant are nonfunctioning geographic subdivisions of the county and are not governments. |
| Virginia | The magisterial districts are nonfunctioning geographic subdivisions of the county used in conducting elections or recording land ownership, and are not governments. Arlington County is not divided into magisterial districts; the Census Bureau assigns the area of the county to a single, nongovernmental pseudo-MCD representing the county. |
| West Virginia | The magisterial districts are nonfunctioning geographic subdivisions of the county from which voters elect county commissioners and members of the school boards. |
| Wisconsin | Of the 1,267 towns, all but one are actively functioning governmental units. The remaining town, Menominee, is coextensive with Menominee County. The town and county governments are consolidated, and the Census Bureau classifies the county as the active government. |
8-14County Subdivisions
