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" ... :,: ..~~ " , '\ .. i " '., \. '. ' \' , ' " 'w .r ... " " I, ',/- -. '.~:, ,\, .... .> '., IL , '. ." " 'I .. " '. .' ..'l'9'5'7~ ,'. " . ' .... ,- . ... l\ ..' .., . -. " . '(en's'us ", .< . ,'" " , .\ .... \ ...... \ / ,.. .' ~ • \ . .' , . \ '. / .... " 4 .- " ./, , .. " !': . • 1 .) Gover~ntents. " , I / .... .. ,I ., ., I .. '. " f '1' , '. 1 .' . 'BUREAu OF' THE CENSUS~' c • . .. , '..~ LIBRARY' .,,,;..... .: " . \ ~ " . " , . I· ..... \ / \ . .. I " . .. '. ... t ,.. \ ~. ." .. .. \ ( .. 'I .. " " . , ' . \ , '';' . " ,'ii-. ..t........ .0, '~\ -. " ., --:--- : ';(, ,. .' . ". ~ Prtpa. uDcl~r.tit. ~p.rriaioD, of • ", , . .,,;... ~tAU.EN.·D. MANVEL • ,. I, , Il .. \ ' '''.'.'~~''i· t •• .... C"i.,.,\bo•• ~t. Di"ai~'il . , ....r ~' . ' ,. ",Bar.a. of tit. ~.WI • , , , .. ' .. ", , '..,". • t, , ~ \, I ' 'y :~ ,',I ' .. " .''. 0, ' \. " , ~r. ,'. _-- _.__·t~.'... -' ~- .., . ~ .~.,:::. -'.-I~ .: .t - :,... :.... ; - --;:"". +:: . -; ~.~.~.!....~--"r:':: '--;,---r ~' .,,' , .. /, " .. i '~;' '~ . " • ~-..' ') !, . ~ \, , ,/ f'" " . \~ . ~ I\J ~- .' ,.It·" , " ',; , . , ,! .. ., ., , , t • 'I' '~ ,. I' • ,. , \, , I • . " .. .. , .: '. o- . f " , .t . , " " .. ~a. " <t, . • 1, " ,t , ~, " .... ... .. (> , ' ~ ")' " ,It ,. j " .'~.. /. ", ,/ r ,~ .. " (. .. -, ' I \ " . .....~ I . " ··l~ , " " I . ',. i. .' , . ',1. " 'v , , 1(1)' , .:.. ...~. ,.,. 1 , " J, ' ,'. ; , ~B:UREAU OP,::TUE, CENSUS .' ~, ' . , , ,f " -, .. , , " -, ..: : ROBE~iw: ,BU~Gi~s,Dir;~ot' f;;' '.': • 1.' \ '"I . ',' •• . ./;. I r_ , .'':-.. f " ' J ' /..-...:..A,-Ross ~CKLER, Depuly Director' ,I , ::,.•, ' . ~ IJ • , • " . f.,: ~ .~ .~ . .. t ' " HQWARD (6. GRIEVES, Assistant ,Diuetor . • . I' • "'- .. , ", "v-' ~ . ,'. '.' ,:: CONRA.l>'TABUBl;k, As;istant Director'~ ',': J',~.. • , .,) , " .' PREFACe ..- j J!, "." , '" ':,. .',' '. '. ' , )~CK R ROBER1;SON, S,pecia/ Assistant " " . ' , '. '~' .' ,' '. , ( : , , . \ , ".» " "MQRRIS H. Hl\NSE,N, Assisten: Director for S!(lli;rtitals'limdards " , , ' " .' "", . .' , ."' s , . f, . ~ .. )0.' • , • ',:, ' )VAL'(ER. L. KilHRES, Assistallt Director tor 2idminist.~~ion " . : , . a' " . This report pr~vid~s info:ma.tio""on'l'u~ber~ ~f' ~d-vernmen~ un~ts in' ~ CALVERT L. DEDRI<::K, G~?e/~[l¥ter1la!io'i~!Sfatislied/ Prog~a1Jls·Qff.ice'. ' • .'" " the' 'United State.s. by type, siz~. and;.lc:i'cation. It, is -one, of several \ .. publications making up Volume I. ,GQvernm,ental Organizatio~. of ~he 1957 , ' . ', ..k ~"VO~ STRUVE, Actmg Rub/ic bl/0rmati01, Offifer '. •\ ~ . .... ... 'Cen.us ot Ciovernments •., , - . " ... ",.. ,.. - Govcl'bmenis: Division-ALLIIN D. ){ANVJ!L.Chief • ROBBaTF. DRURY,'Auislanl 'l!hieJ. ' • l(\' .. This ce'nsus ,is cond~cted in ac~()r,dan~e w~th the 'Act ~i Congress. .. Bati..Col1ecuonMethods-----}acobM. Jaffe·' • ~ approved September 7', 1950". "to, provide for the., conduct of, a periodic :~ .,f"'\'.~ '." ~ .FiAlincialCon\lmatjon,and.!\nalysisBranch-Lyn!ien'Mannen, Chief , , " -v ce1\su's 'of governm,~ts" ·(Title 13. ~~ctiond61,\'~T)~ted ,Stat.es Code)'. " '. , GovernmentalUnits Bradc~-;gertr\lde A. Whitehouse, Chitf .1 .' ' .... ).. ~'. ' Prop~ty Values Branch-William L. Day, Chief • (> , " ,Plans and' specifications for "this cenllus' ~e.r~ developed by the / .' , oStati'Atical',Methods-Herman H. Fasteau , ' .~ Governments 'Oiv;ision of the By.reau of the Cen~u., in consultation with, ...."'(' . Surveys~ra"nchr-Joseph F. &bena, Chief . J • ' .. ' .. ' '.,j ...." • '\ I A ~ M ,," "othl<r .p~rts the Bu1"~au, other Federal Government ~gencif:s, and the . \ , ol .... ', ! " . " Aci.m"~B\raUve Service Division-EvERIjTT H, BURKE,Chief • if .. standhig ~ensus· Advisory Commi\tee on State and Local Gov~~nment t , ' . A:lri,,,,ttur~ DiviBion-RAY HtJRLIlY,(:hief • . " . ~tati~t{c...,' I " , " . I, ' ;\ JIQc\a~t aadIMan.l~ment Divilli!Jn-CtfARLES H, A.LEXANDER.Chje/ I ResPQ~si;bility for the prest!nt report has restet\ primarily'with the Bvsin~B8l)ivisioit-HARVEY 'I(AJLIN, Chief '. , Governmental' Units B~nch pf· the Government!! Division, hea~ed by .. oalaie O,e.,.ati'ons Division~. D. BI!ljGHAM,Chief \, Gertrude-A:. Whitehouse, The' Govert'ptental Units Branch designed 'the n ' ~Ielcl pivil!i~n~RoBIlRT B. VOIG'HT,Chief -, , " , , survey operations and carried out the d!,-ta:tabulation and detailed re$e.arcli , ' Fohillt Tra~e bivision;"}"liDW'ARD EL¥, Chie-f . '. and 'analysis involved. Mail ~urvey operations were perform~d by th~ , .Geop!P1t7, Dirision""-ciAll!ENCI\ E. B~'I'~dllll.ET, Chief • Surve.ys Branch of the Governme~ts, DiviSion. under the lupervision d~f , Houling'Divisio'n-WAYNE F..DAU~HERTY,Chief, " Joseph F.. Arbena: Elecrtronic tabulating proceduee s wer~' deve'loped by ,,"4" ' .'. ~ Indo_try Divisioh-MAXWELL 1C.. CONKLIN, ""Chief ~ ",' Herman H. Fasteau,' Field enumeration of basic data was performed bjy '.f the Field Division, under the direction'of its Chief, Robert B. Voight. ',: ( .. Macline ...abutation Division-t ..F. VAN .t\.'<EN. Chief . ", '-' , '/ , , , " .. Personnel Division-H~R;"cll H. CARRQLL,'Chief ' ... 1• ,GrAt~frii acknowledgment VI ..,!lue to the numerous State and' local .' "." Vopulation DivisioJt-;-HoWARD Gr:,BRUNSMAN,Chiet .' " ,officials 'who generously supplied the info!;,mation needed {or this report, /' . .' • "Siatistica~ Reports Di.vision-EDwIN O. G,OLDFIELD,Chief I .. J I .. .' ,. ,. •1 .: '., '\ ',Sfat'il!tical Re~a,rch lli'VJsion-WILI.rAM N. HU!lWl'l'Z,Chief .. Tranflport~tjon Diyi8i9n~DoNALD E. CItURCH,,Chief • Sept~mbe~ 1957 , ,.. I' ' ,. .' 'm " ...... ~~.'----------------------~--------~I--'------~--------~--------------------~ " \, '" . SU;~"vESTED~Jp~~Tq:M1'.;\~ UA3Hua .,I,' u S.,Bureau of thkU~.::J~h2')JWll ot ~t.Vlrn",enll "'- " , . ' 'Vol..I,'.No. 1, GovernmentsilH ,1J'Q6:U tes .' : u. S. GO~l!ment Printing Ollice,JIllitn#(trir , • Co, 1957 ,. " "~~-----"----~--------~--.----------------~,----------~------------------~'. " 'Foufle -bythe Superin~eMentOf Documents, tJ. S':GovotnmentPrinting Office,Washington 2~, D. C;., r, • ,. , • • or any of the .Fi,ld O.fficesof the Department"ofCommerce."; Price 40 cents· • 'cr;.,. " II , . .. " .... ' . ., \ ,. ' ...\ ') ! .'. I \, • "t,. • -, : e • 1 ' " \J , " . , ~ --. i~"~7'-~- .. .,,\.¥ \.. • ., " \ " ..~:Ott~ ' .~ ,. .... •• M , .' ,.~Ii~,II. " , . " , "r ''iJo '~ 0' " " , , , , ,: . - ; ,.t. ~ .,'. ' "'/:,,~: . " ,J' " I , , i ' :' . '. INTRODU.CTiON, ' " " \ ';I' • _ 0 '~ " J ", ' CONtENTS ... , . ~. ..~ , . The e: were 1.0Z, Z&' governmental 'units in the .' .. ':::.... OOUNTIES " • " ry• .. • United S tes in January r9~7. '. Local school djstricts, J' 'J • ' Orga~ized county governments are found ill a~1 of • 'i~t:ro'duction: Page ! numbering 50, "46~ mal<e up almost. one-half of thip . 'total. Tbe emaihder inc:lud.es the Federal',Govern- the 48., 'States except Rhode ~sl~nd. Terminology , .,.. t' " . , • I' throughout th~ United ~State.s ij uniform with One ex- ~'~ . ~0U~ i.e s "." : , ) '':' ~'.. ~ !' "." 'to . 'ment, the ,4 State gover·nments, and 51,833 Iocak : t . ~unlCl~.lltles .."" IJ" .;~ ' ~ III....... .. Z , governments ot~er' than' school dis~ripts: 17, ~98 town-=- oeptiQn:. 'iii Louisi,ana the delliisnation "p\rish" is 'applied, . '" ~ " .r '"!«> Townshlps and Towns •••• ;.••• ,"' ••• ,' •••• '••• , •• l ••••••••• , •• , , • ; • , • • • • • • • • •• I 2 ship iJover,nmen't!;. 17, 183 municipalities, 14,4Q5 :, .~... 't \ I .' '; } .. ... ~ t Schopl.Distrfcts and Other Scho'ol s.ystems 0.;.:.' ,'.. : , , ~.. :... 3 .," v- , s.pecial districts" and 3, 041 cou~ttes. The' average, Practically no cliange in number. of Qounty gover}' .... ;,1- Special Distl"ic,ts , -. ;,; ' II"" _., e' , ••_........ -6 number of governmental·unitsfper State is 2,1~l, but ments has occurred during the. IS-year period"'o 'J Crounty ni's1ribution ' I ~ '. ' '- .. , I' ' : .. : ~. .. 1 Nebraska has 6, 65!J'wti:~le Rhod'e..,Island has only 91. Governments in Alaska, Hawaii, alld Puerto Rico , ••••••••• '••• ' - 8 1942:-57,' One pew county', ~os Ala,mos,'N. Me,~.,.;.w" ,". : Criteria for Classifying Governmen'ta~ Units •••• '••••••••••••• : •••• '. ~•••• , ~•• :9 created; the parish of East Baton Rouge, La,•• \le~.m ,:' Statement of Pr~ced':lr~ - : ~• : ,•••••• ; ~•• 11 /' M~re than 5,000 governments ar-e found in' each of substaritialJ,y consolidated with the <:ity of Baton R~ule: i 8 Sta.tes, ar:;follows:. for governmental purposes; and two Virginia .co~ie:.. • I , Table 1.--N~mber of Governmental Units', by Type and "y' St~tes: 'i957 :: •. 14 went out of eXisten!=e when ~lizabetb CUy'County;'b,e- ,l , ' Nebraska ••• , •~.