townships is a form of:

Township



noun
1.
(a division of a county in the U.S.A and Canada, consisting a unit of local government with administrative control of local schools, roads, etc) ឃុំ (តំបន់)
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ទីប្រជុំជនតូចៗ, សង្កាត់របស់ពួកស្បែកខ្មៅ (អាហ្រ្វិកខាងត្បួង), សង្កាត់ (អាមេរិក, កាណាដា..)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The district or territory of a town.
2.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
3.
In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.