Place talk:Mt. Pulaski, IL

Hi, we currently have pages for Place:Mt. Pulaski Township, Illinois, Place:Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, and Place:Mount Pulaski, Illinois as well as this page. Should this page be merged with one (or more) of those other pages?--Dallan 14:45, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

who knew Mt. Pulaski could gain such attention :-)

The one I just did today is the one you need on Mt. Pulaski, IL. It said there was not a page, create it, so I did. Mt. Pulaski Township is not the same. Mt. Pulaski is a city. Mt. Pulaski township is an area approximately 6 miles wide and 9 miles long, a township, with its own township government. Probably as many people live in Mt. Pulaski Township as live in Mt. Pulaski the city. -- --Cheryl 15:06, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

I see you have Mt. Pulaski as an "unknown" AND as a city. That's probably why there are two pages for Mt. Pulaski. Then there's Mt. Pulaski Township. --Cheryl 17:26, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

Ok, it sounds like I need to merge this page and the Place:Mt. Pulaski, Illinois page into the Place:Mount Pulaski, Illinois page so that we have one page for the city, and one page (Place:Mount Pulaski Township, Illinois) for the township. I'll do that now.--Dallan 23:01, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

townships

I am just realizing that you apparently have no clue about Townships. More than half of the states have township government. Each township in a county has its own government which in rural areas is mostly responsible for the roads but in populated areas can be responsible for other things in the unincorporated areas. In some cases, notably in suburban Chicago, townships exist but are totally unnecessary and useless. However, since they are built into the system they have to remain because of the way road funds and other things are apportioned [unless there has been a recent change]. Townships aren't 'unknown' divisions of government. Knowing the township is a whole lot better for location than just knowing the county for genealogical purposes. I could go on and on but... --Cheryl 15:12, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

What gives you the impression that I have no clue about townships? Just curious.--Dallan 23:01, 16 August 2006 (MDT)

Oh, the question about whether Mt. Pulaski and Mt. Pulaski Township were the same place... I'm sorry if you do know about them. Here's a good one. In Logan County there is Lake Fork, a populated place in Mt. Pulaski Township, and Lake Fork Township. Researchers get quite confused on a regular basis. --Cheryl 12:21, 17 August 2006 (MDT)

I'm learning about them, which is why I asked. I wanted to make sure I hadn't done anything dumb in merging the data between Getty, FHLC, and Wikipedia. I've come across a bunch of towns within cities (or cities within towns) in New England states, so cities within townships doesn't seem at all odd to me. Lake Fork vs. Lake Fork Township is a great one!--Dallan 12:49, 17 August 2006 (MDT)