Editing Town (section)

====Washington====
{{Further|City government in Washington (state)}}
A town in the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] is a municipality that has a population of less than 1,500 at incorporation, however an existing town can reorganize as a code city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/governance/locgov31.aspx |title=Classification of Washington Cities |publisher=Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington |access-date=14 December 2012 |archive-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620001644/http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/governance/locgov31.aspx }}</ref> Town government authority is limited relative to [[city (Washington)|cities]], the other main classification of municipalities in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/management/forms/townandcodecity.aspx |title=A Comparison of the Powers of a Town and a Noncharter Code City |publisher=Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington |access-date=14 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725204227/http://www.mrsc.org/Subjects/Management/forms/townandcodecity.aspx |archive-date=25 July 2008 }}</ref> {{As of|2012|post=,}} most municipalities in Washington are cities (see: [[List of towns in Washington]]).