
A reference to the township will look something like "Township 2 North Range 3 East", or "T2N,R3E" and such a notation is used in property descriptions based on the PLSS. Survey townships are generally referred to by a number based on the Public Land Survey System (PLSS).

Hierarchy of systemic numbering in the PLSS Provided certain conditions are met, a charter township is mostly exempt from annexation to contiguous cities or villages, and carries additional rights and responsibilities of home rule. A charter township, found only in the state of Michigan, is similar to a civil township.Civil townships are generally given a name, sometimes written with the included abbreviation "Twp". Counties are the primary divisional entities in many states, thus the powers and organization of townships varies from state to state. A civil township is a unit of local government, generally a civil division of a county.A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres.

