For US citizens only: define the difference between the different areas in the US, eg state, counties.?

Question

In England we just have regions, counties, county towns, towns, and villages. We just have a universal Law system not a system that has 2 types of Law Federal and State. When did the US start being different from dare I say "the old country". The immigrants took their life-style from their roots. Yet it got changed over the years. Why was that?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The USA is setup pretty simple: we have states then each state has counties then each county has cities... there is land within each county that is not part of a city btw.

Like if you have to call the police and live in the county, city police can not come... only county police.

There is also land that is not within a county but it state land.. examples are like state parks or wildlife reserves.

Oh and I almost forgot, there is also native American reservations. This land does not belong to the state and is considered federal land although, the native Americans have control of it.

Answer 2

The breakdown is as follows:

1) Country
2) Region
3) State
4) County
5) City or town

Answer 3

In America, there is a national government as the central administrator of the country, the states have their own independent governments that oversee the city and town governments.