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state">State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._state)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. state)">Commonwealth</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territory</a> (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(U.S._insular_area)" title="Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)">Commonwealth</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">list</a>) / <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_home_land" title="Hawaiian home land">Hawaiian home land</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities" title="List of Alaska Native tribal entities">Alaska Native tribal entity</a> / <a href="/wiki/Pueblo" title="Pueblo">Pueblo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Off-reservation_trust_land" title="Off-reservation trust land">Off-reservation trust land</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tribal_Jurisdictional_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal Jurisdictional Area">Tribal Jurisdictional Area</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;"> Second level</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">Parish</a> / <a href="/wiki/Borough_(United_States)" title="Borough (United States)">Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unorganized_Borough,_Alaska" title="Unorganized Borough, Alaska">Unorganized Borough</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_boroughs_and_census_areas_in_Alaska" title="List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska">Census area</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="List of populated places in Guam">Villages</a> / <a href="/wiki/Districts_and_sub-districts_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands">District (USVI)</a> / <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_American_Samoa" title="Administrative divisions of American Samoa">District (AS)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Municipalities of Puerto Rico">Municipality (PR)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_American_Samoa" title="Administrative divisions of American Samoa">Unorganized atoll</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;"> Third level</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a 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Fourth level</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(United_States)" title="Ward (United States)">Ward</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#bf0a30; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;"> Other areas</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_United_States" title="Protected areas of the United States">Protected areas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservation_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation district">Conservation district</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_monument_(United_States)" title="National monument (United States)">National monument</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States" title="List of national parks of the United States">National park</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts">Congressional district</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Political_divisions_of_the_United_States" title="Template:Political divisions of the United States"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Political_divisions_of_the_United_States" title="Template talk:Political divisions of the United States"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Political_divisions_of_the_United_States" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Political divisions of the United States"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">United States local government</a>, a <b>consolidated city-county</b> (also known as either a <b>city-parish</b> or a <b>consolidated government</b> in Louisiana, depending on the locality,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or a <b>unified municipality</b>, <b>unified home rule borough</b>, or <b>city and borough</b><sup id="cite_ref-aml_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aml-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anchorage_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anchorage-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Alaska) is formed when one or more <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a> and their surrounding <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_parishes_in_Louisiana" title="List of parishes in Louisiana">parish in Louisiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_boroughs_and_census_areas_in_Alaska" title="List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska">borough in Alaska</a>) <a href="/wiki/Merger_(politics)" title="Merger (politics)">merge</a> into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is a type of <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> that has the governmental powers of both a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">municipal corporation</a> and a county.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A consolidated city-county is different from an <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent city</a>, although the latter may result from consolidation of a city and a county and may also have the same powers as a consolidated city-county. An independent city is a city not deemed by its state to be located within the boundary of any county and considered a primary administrative division of its state.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A consolidated city-county differs from an independent city in that the city and county both nominally exist, although they have a consolidated government, whereas in an independent city, the county does not even nominally exist.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, a consolidated city-county may still contain independent municipalities maintaining some governmental powers that did not merge with the rest of the county.<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstimates_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstimates-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not considering <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, which has no independent municipalities, the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Upland_South" title="Upland South">Upper South</a> have the highest concentration of large consolidated city-county governments in the United States, including <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a>; <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>; <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a>. The largest consolidated city-county in the United States by population is <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, while the largest by land area is <a href="/wiki/Sitka,_Alaska" title="Sitka, Alaska">Sitka, Alaska</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Consolidated city-counties are typically formed to address particular government challenges. Among the benefits of having a unified jurisdiction include potential cost savings, more efficiency, increased legal powers and revenue sources, and a more streamlined planning system.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most consolidated city-counties have a single chief executive who acts as both the city mayor and as the head of the county government, and a multi-district elected body that serves as both the city council and as the county legislative body.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many states, consolidated city-counties must be approved by voters.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to information compiled by former <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque" class="mw-redirect" title="Albuquerque">Albuquerque</a> mayor <a href="/wiki/David_Rusk" title="David Rusk">David Rusk</a>, 105 <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendums</a> were held in the United States between 1902 and 2010 to consider proposals to consolidate cities and counties. Only 27 of these proposals were approved by voters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte County, Kansas</a>, uses the term "unified government" to refer to its consolidation with <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a>, and most of the towns within the county boundaries remain separate jurisdictions within the county. Individual sections of a metropolitan or regional municipality may retain some autonomous jurisdiction apart from the citywide government. </p><p>Often, in place of another level of government, local governments form <a href="/wiki/Council_of_governments" title="Council of governments">councils of governments</a> – essentially governmental organizations which are not empowered with any law-making or law enforcement powers. This is the case in the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta metropolitan area">Atlanta metropolitan area</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Regional_Commission" title="Atlanta Regional Commission">Atlanta Regional Commission</a> (ARC) studies and makes recommendations on the impact of all major construction and development projects on the region, but generally cannot stop them. The <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Regional_Transportation_Authority" title="Georgia Regional Transportation Authority">Georgia Regional Transportation Authority</a> (GRTA) is a true government agency of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">state of Georgia</a>, and does control some state transportation funding to the cities and counties, but otherwise has very little authority beyond this small <a href="/wiki/Power_of_the_purse" title="Power of the purse">power of the purse</a>. </p><p>The case of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> is unique, in that the city consists of five <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough (New York City)">boroughs</a>, each of which is co-extensive with a county. Each has its own district attorney; however, county-level government is essentially non-existent as all executive and legislative power is exercised by the city government throughout the five boroughs. The city, as currently constituted, was created in 1898 when the city of New York (then comprising what would become the boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>) annexed Kings County, Queens County, and Richmond County as the boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Staten Island</a>, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_equivalents">International equivalents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International equivalents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Consolidated_city-county" title="Special:EditPage/Consolidated city-county">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Similar <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authority</a> arrangements also exist in other countries. <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> has six "<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan counties</a>" created in 1974: <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merseyside" title="Merseyside">Merseyside</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>. From 1986, these metropolitan counties do not have county councils but rather joint boards for certain functions. Modern <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authorities</a> are similar, and are known as <i><a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. In Scotland, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> are functionally "independent cities", though the term is not used. <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> is unique however, being a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_england" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial counties of england">ceremonial county</a> (officially known as <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>) containing the 32 London boroughs. Enclaved within Greater London, the ancient <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> forms a distinct county, which today forms only a tiny part of what most consider to be <i>London</i> as a capital city, which takes up 607 square miles. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> contains several <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">single-tier municipalities</a>, which serve the same sort of functions as American consolidated city-counties. One example is the City of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the central government and the six constituent municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Toronto" title="Metropolitan Toronto">the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto</a> (a type of <a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">regional municipality</a>), itself originally created in 1954. </p><p>In Germany, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> are both cities and states (the <a href="/wiki/Bremen_(state)" title="Bremen (state)">state of Bremen</a> consists of the cities of <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a>). Nearly every larger city in Germany is an independent city, like Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich or Dresden; <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, where the capital of <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> is both a city and state; <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, where the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> has been coterminous with the <i><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">département</a></i> of Paris since <a href="/wiki/Seine_(department)" title="Seine (department)">1968</a>; and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> is a <i><a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Special cities of South Korea">special city</a></i>, while six other cities (<a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a>) are <i>metropolitan cities</i>. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> government in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> performs all municipal functions of the city of <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>, and thus functions as an integrated city-territory. Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" title="Tokyo City">City of Tokyo</a> merged with the prefecture to form <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> metropolis in 1943. </p><p>In Russia, there are <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Russia" title="Municipalities of Russia">urban districts</a> - territories consisting of a city and nearby settlements united by one mayor's office. As a rule, urban districts are the capitals of the constituent <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">entities of the Russia</a> and other major cities in the region. In 2020, there were 635 urban districts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Balances">Balances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Balances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Census_balances_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Census balances in the United States">Category:Census balances in the United States</a></div> <p>In nine consolidated city-county governments in the United States, the formerly independent incorporated places maintain some governmental powers. In these cities, which the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a> calls "consolidated cities", statistics are recorded both for the entire consolidated government and for the component municipalities. A part of the consolidated government is called the "balance", which the Census Bureau defines as "the consolidated city minus the semi-independent incorporated places located within the consolidated city".<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstimates_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstimates-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Georgia, consolidations often required multiple attempts, changes in procedures, and different local laws in the state legislature. They often did not include some smaller jurisdictions. They also retained characteristics of both types of government, e.g, a sheriff as required by the Georgia Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These consolidated cities are:<sup id="cite_ref-PopEstimates_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstimates-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens–Clarke County, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta–Richmond County, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Montana" title="Butte, Montana">Butte–Silver Bow County, Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis–Marion County, Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville–Duval County, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas–Wyandotte County, Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville–Jefferson County, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville–Davidson County, Tennessee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_consolidated_city-counties">List of consolidated city-counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of consolidated city-counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consolidated_since_their_creation">Consolidated since their creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Consolidated since their creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (City and Borough are consolidated forming a unified government)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield, Colorado</a><sup id="cite_ref-COmuniIncorp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COmuniIncorp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado#History" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Town of Broomfield</a> incorporated June 1, 1961. Consolidated <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado#History" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a> created November 15, 2001, from the incorporated <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado#History" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City of Broomfield</a> in portions of <a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Weld_County,_Colorado" title="Weld County, Colorado">Weld Counties</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">City and County of Denver, Colorado</a><sup id="cite_ref-COmuniIncorp_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COmuniIncorp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Denver#19th_Century" title="History of Denver">Denver City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado Territory</a>, incorporated November 7, 1861. <a href="/wiki/History_of_Denver#Progressive_era:_1900-1945" title="History of Denver">Denver</a> served as the <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado Territory">Arapahoe County</a> <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">seat</a> until November 15, 1902, when <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado Territory">Arapahoe County</a> was split into the new <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado#History" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams County</a> and the renamed <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado Territory">South Arapahoe County</a>. Denver was split from the two new counties on December 1, 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-DenvervAdams_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DenvervAdams-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honolulu_County,_Hawaii" title="Honolulu County, Hawaii">City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-“census2012”_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-“census2012”-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneau,_Alaska" title="Juneau, Alaska">City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantucket" title="Nantucket">Town and County of Nantucket</a>, Massachusetts (one and the same since it was separated from <a href="/wiki/Dukes_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes County, New York">Dukes County, New York</a> to join the colony of Massachusetts). In <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> a <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">town</a> serves the same municipal functions as a city. Contrary to city–county consolidation, eight of Massachusetts' 14 <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Massachusetts" title="List of counties in Massachusetts">county governments</a> have been abolished.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">City of New Orleans</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">Orleans Parish, Louisiana</a> (The City of New Orleans has always served as Orleans Parish's government, though they initially were not coterminous. The city and parish have also annexed parts of neighboring <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Jefferson Parish, Louisiana">Jefferson Parish</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">City and County of San Francisco, California</a> (The City of San Francisco was the seat of San Francisco County until 1856, when the county was split into the consolidated City and County of San Francisco in the north, with the remainder of old San Francisco County becoming the new <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">County of San Mateo</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitka,_Alaska" title="Sitka, Alaska">City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakutat,_Alaska" title="Yakutat, Alaska">City and Borough of Yakutat, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrangell,_Alaska" title="Wrangell, Alaska">City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skagway,_Alaska" title="Skagway, Alaska">Municipality and Borough of Skagway, Alaska</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merged">Merged</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Merged"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anaconda,_Montana" title="Anaconda, Montana">Anaconda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deer_Lodge_County,_Montana" title="Deer Lodge County, Montana">Deer Lodge County, Montana</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Montana" title="Butte, Montana">Butte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Bow_County,_Montana" title="Silver Bow County, Montana">Silver Bow County, Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia" title="Columbus, Georgia">Columbus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muscogee_County,_Georgia" title="Muscogee County, Georgia">Muscogee County, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cusseta,_Georgia" title="Cusseta, Georgia">Cusseta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chattahoochee_County,_Georgia" title="Chattahoochee County, Georgia">Chattahoochee County, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Quitman_County,_Georgia" title="Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia">Georgetown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quitman_County,_Georgia" title="Quitman County, Georgia">Quitman County, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haines,_Alaska" title="Haines, Alaska">Haines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haines_Borough,_Alaska" title="Haines Borough, Alaska">Haines Borough, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartsville,_Trousdale_County,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee">Hartsville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trousdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Trousdale County, Tennessee">Trousdale County, Tennessee</a> (Despite the consolidated city-county <i>government</i>, Hartsville is not coterminous with Trousdale County; Hartsville remains a geographically distinct municipality within the county.<sup id="cite_ref-hartsvilletrousdale.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartsvilletrousdale.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma,_Louisiana" title="Houma, Louisiana">Houma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terrebonne_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana">Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Despite the consolidated city-parish <i>government</i>, Houma is not coterminous with Terrebonne Parish; Houma remains a geographically distinct municipality within the parish.<sup id="cite_ref-hartsvilletrousdale.com_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartsvilletrousdale.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette County, Kentucky</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico" title="Los Alamos, New Mexico">Los Alamos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Alamos_County,_New_Mexico" title="Los Alamos County, New Mexico">Los Alamos County, New Mexico</a> Town of Los Alamos consolidated with county of the same name in 1969 <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg,_Moore_County,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee">Lynchburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Tennessee" title="Moore County, Tennessee">Moore County, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a> (and <a href="/wiki/Payne,_Georgia" title="Payne, Georgia">Payne</a>) with <a href="/wiki/Bibb_County,_Georgia" title="Bibb County, Georgia">Bibb County, Georgia</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania</a> – Their borders have been conterminous since <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Consolidation,_1854" title="Act of Consolidation, 1854">1854 Act of Consolidation</a>, and the government structures were consolidated in 1952. The county still exists as a separate entity within <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, but the functions of the county are generally administered by the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Georgia" title="Preston, Georgia">Preston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Webster_County,_Georgia" title="Webster County, Georgia">Webster County, Georgia</a><sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statenville,_Georgia" title="Statenville, Georgia">Statenville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Echols_County,_Georgia" title="Echols County, Georgia">Echols County, Georgia</a><sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is coextensive with an <a href="/wiki/Amalgamation_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamation (politics)">amalgamation</a> of five counties. Each county is coextensive with a <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of New York City">borough of New York City</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">New York County</a> (Borough of Manhattan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">Bronx County</a> (Borough of the Bronx)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Kings County</a> (Borough of Brooklyn)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island">Richmond County</a> (Borough of Staten Island)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens County</a> (Borough of Queens)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> – While the District of Columbia is a <a href="/wiki/Federal_district" title="Federal district">federal district</a> and not a county, the city has had a <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871">consolidated municipal government</a> since 1871. Prior to then, Washington, <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)">Georgetown</a>, and the unincorporated <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_D.C." title="Washington County, D.C.">County of Washington</a> were separate jurisdictions within the District of Columbia. Prior to 1846, when it was <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession" title="District of Columbia retrocession">retroceded</a> to Virginia, the south bank of the District of Columbia was the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Alexandria">County of Alexandria</a> (now the independent <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">City of Alexandria</a> and the County of Arlington).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merged_with_some_independent_municipalities">Merged with some independent municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Merged with some independent municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Georgia" title="Clarke County, Georgia">Clarke County, Georgia</a> (the cities of <a href="/wiki/Winterville,_Georgia" title="Winterville, Georgia">Winterville</a>, which is entirely within Clarke County, and <a href="/wiki/Bogart,_Georgia" title="Bogart, Georgia">Bogart</a>, which is partially within the county, retain separate governments)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_Georgia" title="Richmond County, Georgia">Richmond County, Georgia</a> (two communities within Richmond County retain separate governments)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish,_Louisiana" title="East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana">East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana</a> (three communities within East Baton Rouge Parish – <a href="/wiki/Baker,_Louisiana" title="Baker, Louisiana">Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central,_Louisiana" title="Central, Louisiana">Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zachary,_Louisiana" title="Zachary, Louisiana">Zachary</a> – retain separate governments. In addition, the City of Baton Rouge retains separate city limits, and its official census population only includes this area)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_North_Carolina" title="Camden, North Carolina">Camden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden County, North Carolina</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a> within a county with no incorporated municipalities apart from a small portion of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a>, re-organizing into a single unified government)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Indiana" title="Marion County, Indiana">Marion County, Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (four communities within Marion County retain separate governments: see <a href="/wiki/Unigov" title="Unigov">Unigov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Florida" title="Duval County, Florida">Duval County, Florida</a> (four incorporated places within Duval County – the cities of <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Beach,_Florida" title="Jacksonville Beach, Florida">Jacksonville Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neptune_Beach,_Florida" title="Neptune Beach, Florida">Neptune Beach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Beach,_Florida" title="Atlantic Beach, Florida">Atlantic Beach</a> and the town of <a href="/wiki/Baldwin,_Florida" title="Baldwin, Florida">Baldwin</a> – retain separate governments; all other <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> land is incorporated by Jacksonville and so the entire county is incorporated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte County, Kansas</a> (this "Unified Government" contains Kansas City, <a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Kansas" title="Edwardsville, Kansas">Edwardsville</a>, most of <a href="/wiki/Bonner_Springs,_Kansas" title="Bonner Springs, Kansas">Bonner Springs</a>, and roughly half of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Quivira,_Kansas" title="Lake Quivira, Kansas">Lake Quivira</a>; a county relationship is maintained with the rest of the communities within the county) as of 1997.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette, Louisiana">Lafayette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Lafayette Parish, Louisiana">Lafayette Parish, Louisiana</a> (In December 2018 voters amended the city-parish charter to split what was a single consolidated city-parish council into two councils — one to represent only the city of Lafayette and the other to represent the parish. The impetus for the change was the desire of city voters to take more control of city-related matters and general unease with the consequences of consolidation).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson County, Kentucky</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (all cities in pre-merger Jefferson County, other than Louisville, retain separate identities and some governmental functions, but all participate fully in the county-wide governing body, <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Metro_Council" title="Louisville Metro Council">Louisville Metro Council</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson County, Tennessee</a> (six communities within Davidson County retain separate governments, although all participate in the metropolitan government in a two-tier system)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Alaska" title="Petersburg, Alaska">Petersburg Borough, Alaska</a> (When the borough was created in 2013, the city of Petersburg was dissolved. However, the city of <a href="/wiki/Kupreanof,_Alaska" title="Kupreanof, Alaska">Kupreanof</a> remains a separate entity within the borough.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribune,_Kansas" title="Tribune, Kansas">Tribune</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley County, Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Horace,_Kansas" title="Horace, Kansas">Horace</a> retaining a separate government)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Five cities in the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> were formed by the consolidation of a city with a county: <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia">Chesapeake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Beach">Virginia Beach</a> (from Norfolk, Elizabeth City, Warwick, Nansemond, and Princess Anne counties, respectively). However, in each case an <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent city</a> was created and as such they are not consolidated city-counties. Instead, the <a href="/wiki/Code_of_Virginia" title="Code of Virginia">Code of Virginia</a> uses the term "consolidated city."<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada" title="Carson City, Nevada">Carson City</a> was consolidated with <a href="/wiki/Ormsby_County,_Nevada" title="Ormsby County, Nevada">Ormsby County, Nevada</a> in 1969, but the county was simultaneously dissolved. The city is now a municipality independent of any county.<sup id="cite_ref-nlc_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nlc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Potentially_consolidated">Potentially consolidated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Potentially consolidated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a>, split among three counties, explored the creation of a new consolidated city-county in 1996; the effort subsequently failed in a referendum. However, five years later, nearby <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a> was successful in creating a new city-county from portions of the four counties it had been a part of. Encouraged by Broomfield's experience, an Aurora city councilman again proposed consolidation in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was not accomplished in 2006 or 2007, and no bills to accomplish consolidation were introduced in the 2008 session of the Colorado legislature.</li> <li>In 2006, a proposal was made to merge <a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kansas" title="Johnson County, Kansas">Johnson County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte County</a> in Kansas and the cities located in those two counties into a single consolidated city-county, with the name to be determined.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer">The Plain Dealer</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, published a series of articles exploring the possibility of the city's merging with <a href="/wiki/Cuyahoga_County,_Ohio" title="Cuyahoga County, Ohio">Cuyahoga County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida" title="Miami-Dade County, Florida">Miami-Dade County, Florida</a>, operates under a <a href="/wiki/Miami-Dade_county_law_and_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami-Dade county law and government">federated two-tier</a> government, in which the county government operates as a superseding entity of county affairs and lower-tier incorporated <a href="/wiki/Municipalities" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities">municipalities</a> operate civil and community services at the city level. However, the county provides city-level<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (September 2014)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> police, fire-rescue, sanitation, and other services under contract to many of the municipalities within its borders.</li> <li>The independent City of <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, Missouri, and that of <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St. Louis County</a>. The city of St. Louis seceded from the county in the 1870s and is not part of any county in the state of Missouri. Regional leaders have proposed several plans since 2006 to reunify the city and county, each one rejected by voters.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Considered_consolidation">Considered consolidation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Considered consolidation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernalillo_County,_New_Mexico" title="Bernalillo County, New Mexico">Bernalillo County, New Mexico</a>, (1959, 2003)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (April 2017)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Baltimore County, Maryland">Baltimore County, Maryland</a>: Baltimore is established in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Maryland" title="Constitution of Maryland">Constitution of Maryland</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent city</a>. A proposed constitutional amendment to dissolve the city and merge it into Baltimore County was introduced in 1999 but was withdrawn less than a month after the first reading.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consolidation of the city and county was later proposed in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Alabama" title="Jefferson County, Alabama">Jefferson County, Alabama</a> (1948)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Georgia" title="Brunswick, Georgia">Brunswick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glynn_County,_Georgia" title="Glynn County, Georgia">Glynn County, Georgia</a> (1969, 1987)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Erie County, New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charleston_County,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston County, South Carolina">Charleston County, South Carolina</a> (1974)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg County, North Carolina</a> (1971)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Iowa" title="Polk County, Iowa">Polk County, Iowa</a> (1994, 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham County, North Carolina</a> (1961, 1974)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a> and <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso County, Texas</a> (legislation introduced in 2005 and never considered in committee)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vanderburgh_County,_Indiana" title="Vanderburgh County, Indiana">Vanderburgh County, Indiana</a> <ul><li>Voted four times on consolidation—in 1959, 1974, 2002, and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent vote saw consolidation defeated by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska" title="Fairbanks, Alaska">Fairbanks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairbanks_North_Star_Borough,_Alaska" title="Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska">Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska</a> (2001)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Tennessee" title="Fayetteville, Tennessee">Fayetteville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee" title="Lincoln County, Tennessee">Lincoln County, Tennessee</a> (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-WATE_2008-02-08_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WATE_2008-02-08-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Indiana" title="Allen County, Indiana">Allen County, Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kentucky" title="Franklin County, Kentucky">Franklin County, Kentucky</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida" title="Gainesville, Florida">Gainesville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alachua_County,_Florida" title="Alachua County, Florida">Alachua County, Florida</a> (1990)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee" title="Knox County, Tennessee">Knox County, Tennessee</a> (1959, 1978, 1996)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Nevada" title="Clark County, Nevada">Clark County, Nevada</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Arkansas" title="Pulaski County, Arkansas">Pulaski County, Arkansas</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee">Shelby County, Tennessee</a> (1962, 1971, 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Indiana" title="Delaware County, Indiana">Delaware County, Indiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda County, California</a> (1921)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Nebraska" title="Douglas County, Nebraska">Douglas County, Nebraska</a> (2006, 2011) <ul><li>Movements to consolidate these two jurisdictions has been popping up since the <a href="/wiki/1900s_(decade)" class="mw-redirect" title="1900s (decade)">decade of the 1900s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2006 proposal was approved by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, but unanimously rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Omaha_City_Council" title="Omaha City Council">Omaha City Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2011 proposal was introduced by a state legislator in <a href="/wiki/The_Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="The Unicameral">The Unicameral</a>, as LB344;<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was tabled in committee.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro, Kentucky</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess County, Kentucky</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida" title="Orange County, Florida">Orange County, Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a> and <a href="/wiki/McCracken_County,_Kentucky" title="McCracken County, Kentucky">McCracken County, Kentucky</a> <ul><li>Rejected a proposed consolidation in 2012 by a more than 2-to-1 margin.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Escambia_County,_Florida" title="Escambia County, Florida">Escambia County, Florida</a> (1970)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny County, Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li>Referendums passed in 1925, 1929 and 1939<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that were blocked on technicalities by the state assembly. A partial consolidation of area school districts in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently has a task-force researching consolidation since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Multnomah_County,_Oregon" title="Multnomah County, Oregon">Multnomah County, Oregon</a> (1927, 1974)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> (independent city) with <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County, Virginia</a> (1961),<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the result would be an expanded independent city of Richmond rather than a consolidated city-county.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_County,_Virginia" title="Roanoke County, Virginia">Roanoke County, Virginia</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">City of Roanoke</a>, although the result would be an expanded independent city of Roanoke rather than a consolidated city-county <ul><li>held referendums in 1969 and 1990 to consolidate the two governments.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both times, city voters approved consolidation while county voters were opposed. The independent city of <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Virginia" title="Salem, Virginia">Salem, Virginia</a>, which would have been surrounded by the consolidated entity, did not participate in the referendums. <a href="/wiki/Vinton,_Virginia" title="Vinton, Virginia">Vinton, Virginia</a> would have retained its status as a <a href="/wiki/Incorporated_town" title="Incorporated town">town</a> in the 1990 referendum. The consolidation issue has been dormant since 1990.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_County,_California" title="Sacramento County, California">Sacramento County, California</a> (1974, 1990)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_Georgia" title="Chatham County, Georgia">Chatham County, Georgia</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Prior consolidation referendum held in 1973 failed. The <a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia General Assembly</a> is conducting a feasibility study towards consolidating the city of Savannah with Chatham County.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> (independent city) with <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">St. Louis County, Missouri</a> (1926, 1962, In consideration in 2017<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, a proposal to merge the city and the county was put together by a group called <i>Better Together</i> with support from both the County executive and mayor at the time, but the proposal was withdrawn after the St. Louis County executive <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stenger" title="Steve Stenger">Steve Stenger</a>, who would have become mayor of a consolidated St. Louis had the consolidation happened, was indicted and pled guilty to federal corruption charges.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota" title="Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Sioux Falls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnehaha_County,_South_Dakota" title="Minnehaha County, South Dakota">Minnehaha</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lincoln County, South Dakota">Lincoln</a> counties, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spokane_County,_Washington" title="Spokane County, Washington">Spokane County, Washington</a> (1995)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leon_County,_Florida" title="Leon County, Florida">Leon County, Florida</a> (1971, 1973, 1976, 1992)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough County, Florida</a> (1967, 1970, 1972)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucas_County,_Ohio" title="Lucas County, Ohio">Lucas County, Ohio</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Shawnee County, Kansas">Shawnee County, Kansas</a> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover County, North Carolina</a> (1933)<sup id="cite_ref-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present_21-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-City-County_Consolidation_Proposals,_1921_-_Present-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formerly_consolidated">Formerly consolidated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Formerly consolidated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The City of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk County, Massachusetts</a> operated with a consolidated government for most of the twentieth century with Boston providing office space, auditors, budget, personnel and financial oversight for Suffolk County. This was not a true consolidation because three municipalities – <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts" title="Revere, Massachusetts">Revere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop</a> – were never annexed into Boston and remained separate jurisdictions within Suffolk County; however, the City of Boston held complete control of the county by law. The special relationship between Boston and Suffolk County ended in 1999 as part of the gradual abolition of county governments through much of the state with all county employees and powers transferred to Commonwealth of Massachusetts control. The only remaining powers and duties for the City of Boston in regards to the county is ceremonial in which the Suffolk County Register of Deeds is issued the oath of office at the start of a term as well as calls for a meeting to hold a special election to fill the office should there be a failure to elect someone to the office or should a vacancy occur.</li> <li>From the 17th century to 1898, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> was coterminous with New York County and was often referred to as the "City and County of New York". Both were coterminous with <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> until 1874, when the city and county annexed parts of <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County</a> that would become the West Bronx, later annexing the remainder of the future Bronx. Upon <a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_New_York" title="City of Greater New York">consolidation</a> in 1898, New York County was coterminous and consolidated with the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan, while the other boroughs were consolidated with their own respective counties. The Bronx was separated from New York County in 1914 to form its own Bronx County, and since then, each of the five boroughs of New York City is coterminous and consolidated with a county of New York state.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div 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<li><a href="/wiki/Megacity" title="Megacity">Megacity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merger_(politics)" title="Merger (politics)">Merger (politics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_secession" title="Urban secession">Urban secession</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_city-county&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Common_English_terms" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Common English terms</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">Insular area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">Local government area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_Board" title="Special Areas Board">Special area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unorganized_area" title="Unorganized area">Unorganized area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">Borough</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">County borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canton_(administrative_division)" title="Canton (administrative division)">Canton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Half-canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-canton">Half-canton</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital" title="Federal capital">Federal capital</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capital_city#Origins" title="Capital city">Imperial capital</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_city" title="Autonomous city">Autonomous city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">Charter city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">Incorporated city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial city">Imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Free imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_free_city" title="Royal free city">Royal free city</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_(administrative_division)" title="Community (administrative division)">Community</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residential_community" title="Residential community">Residential community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/County" title="County">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">Administrative county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">Autonomous county</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">Regional county municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viscountcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscountcy">Viscounty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country">Overseas country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)" title="Department (administrative division)">Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">Overseas department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital district">Capital district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_district" title="City district">City district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_district" title="Congressional district">Congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">Electoral district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_district" title="Federal district">Federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_government_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government district">Indian government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_district" title="Land district">Land district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Manitoba#Local_government_districts" title="List of municipalities in Manitoba">Local government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">Metropolitan district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">Municipal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_district" title="Police district">Police district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">Rural district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">Sanitary district</a></li> <li>Service district <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_service_district_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Educational service district (disambiguation)">Educational service district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_service_district" title="Local service district">Local service district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_school_district" title="Intermediate school district">Intermediate school district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">in the US</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_district" title="Urban district">Urban district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Division_(political_geography)" title="Division (political geography)">Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_division" title="Census division">Census division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_division" title="Police division">Police division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenue division">Subdivision of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indian reserve/reservation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> (United States)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserve</a> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="City municipality">City municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_municipality" title="County municipality">County municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Direct-controlled municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">District municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral municipality">Neutral municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">Regional municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resort_municipality" title="Resort municipality">Resort municipality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_resort_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain resort municipality">Mountain resort municipality</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_municipality" title="Rural municipality">Rural municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialized_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialized municipality">Specialized municipality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prefecture" title="Prefecture">Prefecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_prefecture" title="Autonomous prefecture">Autonomous prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subprefecture" title="Subprefecture">Subprefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super-prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-prefecture">Super-prefecture</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture" title="Praetorian prefecture">Praetorian prefecture</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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capital region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_region" title="Development region">Development region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(geography)" title="Mesoregion (geography)">Mesoregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microregion" title="Microregion">Microregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">Overseas region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subregion_(administrative_division)" title="Subregion (administrative division)">Subregion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-state" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-state">Proto-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">City-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal state">Federal state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_state_(polity)" title="Free state (polity)">Free state</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territory" title="Territory">Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital territory">Capital territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal capital territory">Federal capital territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital territory">National capital territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_territory" title="Federal territory">Federal territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated territory">Incorporated territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territory">Organized incorporated territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas territory">Overseas territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">Union territory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">Census town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">Market town</a></li></ul> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria#Alpine_resorts" title="Local government in Victoria">Alpine resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick" title="Bailiwick">Bailiwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banner_(administrative_division)" title="Banner (administrative division)">Banner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Autonomous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_(district_subdivision)" title="Block (district subdivision)">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadastre" title="Cadastre">Cadastre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_(administrative_division)" title="Circuit (administrative division)">Circuit</a></li> <li><a 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