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Table 9-1. (cont.)

Louisiana City Minimum population requirement of 5,000. Town Minimum population requirement of 1,000. Village Minimum population requirement of 300. Maine City Incorporation is by special act of the State legislature; there is no minimum population requirement. Maryland City Minimum population requirement of 300. Town Same requirements as for a city. Village Same requirements as for a city. Massachusetts City Minimum population requirement of 12,000. Michigan
City Minimum population requirement of 750, except home-rule cities, which require a minimum population of 2,000 and a population density ≥ 500 people per square mile. Village Minimum population requirement of 250 and a minimum area of 3/4 square mile, unless situated in the upper peninsula. Minnesota City No minimum population requirement, but approval of the Minnesota Municipal Board is necessary. Mississippi^{[9-1 1]}


City Minimum population requirement of 2,000. Town Minimum population requirement of 300. Village Under current Mississippi law, new villages may no longer be incorporated. Those that incorporated before this law was enacted needed a population > 100 and < 300 to maintain their incorporated status (villages that fall below a population of 100 are decertified by the State, reverting to unincorporated status). Missouri City Minimum population requirement of 500. Town No minimum population requirement. Village No minimum population requirement; a village, once incorporated, may choose to become a city if it has a population ≥ 200. Montana City Minimum population requirement of 1,000.
Town Minimum population requirement of 300, and a population density ≥ 500 people per square mile, unless the community was a town site owned and built by the U.S. Government prior to April 3, 1981. Nebraska City Minimum population requirement of 800. Village Minimum population requirement of 100.

1. Cities, towns, and villages may be incorporated, regardless of population, in an area not less than 1 square mile wherein there is in existence or under construction not less than 1 mile of hard surface streets, with a total of not less than 6 streets, and there exists, or is under construction, a public utilities system that includes a waterworks or sewerage system, or both.

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