Editing Village (section)

==North America==
In contrast to the Old World, the concept of village in Canada and the United States today is largely disconnected from its rural and communal origins. The situation is different in Mexico because of its large bulk of indigenous population living in traditional villages.

===Canada===
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[[File:Carlb-fogo-newfoundland-2002.jpg|thumb|A [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] fishing village]]
It is believed that the name Canada may be a transliteration of the Iroquoisan word for "village". Jacques Cartier was given directions to the Kanata of Kebec and it became the name of the French Colonial district before it was the nation's name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origin of the name "Canada" |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/origin-name-canada.html |website=Government of Canada |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>

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[[File:Church in Newfane, Vermont fall 2009.jpg|thumb|A church in [[Newfane, Vermont]]]]

====Incorporated villages====
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In twenty [[U.S. state]]s, the term "village" refers to a specific form of incorporated [[municipal government]], similar to a city but with less authority and geographic scope. However, this is a generality; in many states, there are villages that are an order of magnitude larger than the smallest cities in the state. The distinction is not necessarily based on population, but on the relative powers granted to the different types of municipalities and correspondingly, different obligations to provide specific services to residents.

In some states such as New York and Michigan, a village is an incorporated municipality, within a single town or [[civil township]]. In some cases, the village may be [[wikt:coterminous|coterminous]] with the town or township, in which case the two may have a [[coterminous municipality|consolidated government]]. There are also villages that span the boundaries of more than one town or township; some villages may straddle county borders.

There is no population limit to villages in New York.  [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead]], the largest village, has 55,000 residents, making it more populous than some of the state's cities.  However, villages in the state may not exceed {{convert|5|sqmi|spell=in}} in area.  Michigan and Illinois also have no set population limit for villages and there are many villages that are larger than cities in those states. The village of [[Schaumburg, Illinois]] had 78,723 residents as of the 2020 census.  A village also has no written figure against how small a population can be, with the United States' smallest incorporated village being [[Dering Harbor, New York|Dering Harbor, NY]], with a population of just over 10.

In [[Michigan]], a village is always legally part of a [[Administrative divisions of Michigan|township]].  Villages can incorporate land in multiple townships and even multiple counties.  The largest village in the state is [[Beverly Hills, Michigan|Beverly Hills]] in [[Southfield Township, Michigan|Southfield Township]] which had a population of 10,267 people as of the 2010 census.

In the state of [[Wisconsin]], a village is always legally separate from the [[township|towns]] that it has been incorporated from. The largest village is [[Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|Menomonee Falls]], which has over 32,000 residents. In [[Pennsylvania]] law, the term [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] is used to refer to the same type of entity. 80% of Pennsylvania's 956 boroughs have populations of less than 5,000 but about thirty have populations of over 10,000 with [[State College, Pennsylvania|State College]] having more than 40,000 residents.

In [[Ohio]] villages are usually legally part of the [[civil township|township]] from which they were incorporated, although exceptions such as [[Hiram, Ohio|Hiram]] exist, in which the village is separate from the township.<ref>{{cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| access-date =28 March 2010}}</ref> Villages become cities if they grow to a population of at least 5,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/703.01 |title=Ohio Revised Code Section 703.01(A) |access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref>

In [[Maryland]], a locality designated "Village of ..." may be either an incorporated town or a [[special-purpose district|special tax district]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/gc021x2.pdf|title=2002 Census of Governments, Individual State Descriptions}}</ref> An example of the latter is the [[Friendship Heights, MD|Village of Friendship Heights]].

In [[North Carolina]], the only difference between cities, towns, and villages is the term itself.<ref name="census2012">{{Cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2012isd.pdf|title=2012 Census of Governments, Individual State Descriptions}}</ref>

====Unincorporated villages====
[[File:Oracle AZ Mt Lemmon.JPG|thumb|[[Oracle, Arizona]] is an unincorporated rural town often called a village in local media]]
In many states, the term "village" is used to refer to a relatively small [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]], similar to a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] in New York state. This informal usage may be found even in states that have villages as an incorporated municipality, although such usage might be considered incorrect and confusing.

In most [[New England]] states, a "village" is a [[center of population]] or trade, including the town center, in an otherwise sparsely developed town or city&nbsp;— for instance, the village of [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]] in the town of [[Barnstable, Massachusetts]]. However, in [[Vermont]] and [[Connecticut]], both incorporated and unincorporated villages exist.