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A
city is a relatively large and permanent
settlement.[SUP]
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[2][/SUP] Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a
town within general
English language meanings, many cities have a particular
administrative,
legal, or
historical status based on local law.
For example, in the
U.S. state of
Massachusetts an article of incorporation approved by the local
state legislature distinguishes a city government from a town. In the
United Kingdom and parts of the
Commonwealth of Nations, a city is traditionally a settlement with a
royal charter.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] Historically, in Europe, a city was understood to be an urban settlement with a
cathedral.
In the
United States of America, the classification of population centers is a matter of state law; consequently, the definition of a city varies widely from state to state. In some states, a city may be run by an elected mayor and city council, while a town is governed by the people, a select board (or board of trustees), or open town meeting. There are some very large municipalities which label themselves as towns (such as
Hempstead, New York, with a population of 755,785 in 2004 or
Cary, North Carolina with a population of 112,414 in 2006 ) and some very small cities (such as
Woodland Mills, Tennessee, with a population of 296 in 2000), and the line between town and city, if it exists at all, varies from state to state. The lack of a clear-cut definition of a city in the United States can lead to some counter-intuitive labeling; for example, before it was dissolved in 2002[SUP]
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Maza, North Dakota, with only 5 inhabitants, was a city as by
North Dakota law any incorporated location is deemed a city regardless of size.
California has both towns and cities but the terms "town" and "city" are considered synonymous. The nation's top five
largest cities are
New York City,
Los Angeles,
Chicago,
Houston, and
Philadelphia.[SUP]
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In some U.S. states, any incorporated town is also called a city. If a distinction is being made between towns and cities, exactly what that distinction is often depends on the context. The context will differ depending on whether the issue is the legal authority it possesses, the availability of shopping and entertainment, and the scope of the group of places under consideration. Intensifiers such as "small town" and "big city" are also common, though the converse of each is rarely used.
Some states make a distinction between
villages and other forms of municipalities. In some cases, villages combine with larger other communities to form larger towns; a well-known example of an urban village is New York City's famed
Greenwich Village, which started as a quiet country settlement but was absorbed by the growing city.
In
Illinois, cities must have a minimum population of 2,500 but in Nebraska, cities must have a minimum of only 800 residents. In
Oregon,
Kansas,
Kentucky, North Dakota,
Minnesota, and
Iowa, all incorporated municipalities are cities. In
Ohio, a municipality automatically becomes a city if it has 5,000 residents counted in a federal census but it reverts to a village if its population drops below 5,000.[SUP]
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Nebraska, 5,000 residents is the minimum for a city of the first class while 800 is the minimum for a city of the second class. The Constitution of
Idaho makes no distinction between incorporated towns or cities.[SUP]
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In all of the
New England states, city status is conferred by the form of government, not population. Town government has a board of
selectmen or Town Council for the
executive branch, and a
town meeting for the
legislative branch, but unlike the US Government, the executive acts only as an administrative body and cannot override the will of town meeting. New England cities, on the other hand, have a mayor for the executive, and a legislature referred to as either the city council or the board of
aldermen.
In
Virginia, all incorporated municipalities designated as cities are
independent of the adjacent or surrounding county while a town is an incorporated municipality which remains a part of an adjacent or surrounding county. The largest incorporated municipalities by population are all cities, although some smaller cities have a smaller population than some towns. For example, the smallest city of
Norton has a population of 3,904 and the largest town of
Blacksburg has a population of 39,573. The other U.S. independent cities are
Baltimore, Maryland;
St. Louis, Missouri; and
Carson City, Nevada.[SUP]
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In Pennsylvania, municipalites with more than 10 persons can incorporate as a borough. Any township or borough with a population of at least 10,000 can ask the state legislature to charter as a city. In Pennsylvania, a village is simply an unincorporated community within a township.
Parker, Pennsylvania is known as the smallest city in the United States.
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