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unincorporated area

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Also known as unincorporated territory, non-municipal area, non-municipal territory, unincorporated place, unincorporated community

region of land not governed by own local government

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Encyclopedic overview

A sign at Contra Costa Centre, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, while many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “unincorporated area” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.