what is the difference between a town and a county?

Question

i've never know the difference between towns and counties,(are counties the same as boroughs)

Answer 1

A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count.

A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. Generally, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city.

Answer 2

Counties can hold many towns/cities. For example each Island of Hawii is a seperate county. Boroughs are typically a term used for communities. City's are towns that were elected and approved to be a city. Cities have their own Police, Fireman, and such.

Answer 3

Towns is a place. Counties are a region which has many towns and cities.

Answer 4

a county is like a grid square, or a section in the state. A town is inside it. For example, you can put a town in a county, but you can't put a county in a town. Make sense?

Answer 5

many towns when grouped together make up a county. Just like there are many counties when group together make up a state

Answer 6

Counties hold may towns or cities

Answer 7

town
Pronunciation: 'taun
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tun enclosure, village, town; akin to Old High German zun enclosure, Old Irish dún fortress
1 dialect England : a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name : HAMLET
2 a : a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory b : a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city c : a large densely populated urban area : CITY d : an English village having a periodic fair or market

1coun·ty
Pronunciation: 'kaun-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural counties
Etymology: Middle English counte, from Anglo-French ****é, counté, from Medieval Latin comitatus, from Late Latin, office of a count, from comit-, comes count -- more at COUNT
1 : the domain of a count
2 a : one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes b (1) : the people of a county (2) British : the gentry of a county
3 : the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the United States
4 : the largest local administrative unit in various countries
- county adjective

Answer 8

cities are smaller than cities and for this reason have a decrease inhabitants and that's many times how the alterations are defined and as for county this is a undeniable area,as an occasion i stay interior the county of Derbyshire and the first city is Derby.

Answer 9

a town is a small group of shops which is bigger than a village and smaller than a city.

a county is part of the country, that the king gave away to rich men long ago

Answer 10

Hey!A town is a small area or part that is located in a particular country whereby a country is big place or includes a wide population of people that consists of towns,area and many more.