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Townsite — A townsite is a legal subdivision of land that is platted for the development of a town or community. In the historical development of the United States, Canada, and other former British colonial nations, the filing of a townsite plat was often… … Wikipedia
townsite — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the site of a town each townsite must be selected with an eye to irrigation R.A.Billington specifically : a tract of land laid out with streets and subdivided into lots for the development of a town laid out a townsite on part… … Useful english dictionary
townsite — noun N. Amer. a tract of land set apart by legal authority to be occupied by a town and usually surveyed and laid out with streets … English new terms dictionary
townsite — town·site … English syllables
townsite — Portion of public domain segregated by proper authority and procedure as site for a town … Black's law dictionary
townsite — A tract of land segregated from the public domain under proper authority and by proper procedure as the site for a proposed town. Rice v Colorado Smelting Co. 28 Colo 519, 66 P 894. The reservation from public lands of space for a town on the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Milne Townsite — For other places with the same name, see Milne (disambiguation). Coordinates: 47°04′33″N 79°48′35″W / 47.07583°N 79.80972°W / 47.07583; … Wikipedia
Darwin Townsite, Tasmania — Location: 42° 14 S 145° 36 E A surveyed and short lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on the West Coast Range. The townsite was also the location of a stopping place on the North Mount Lyell Railway which ran between Pillinger and … Wikipedia
Quindaro Townsite — Infobox nrhp | name =Quindaro Townsite nrhp type = caption = location= Kansas City, KS area = built =1857 architect= architecture= No Style Listed added = May 22, 2002 governing body = Local refnum=02000547 cite… … Wikipedia
Paper townsite — A paper townsite, also called a paper town, is a common use term describing a city or town which purportedly exists but in reality exists only on paper and has little or no buildings, infrastructure or permanent inhabitants. Such a town is often… … Wikipedia
