The term is called urban township Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio and urban town in Wisconsin. Generally, an urban township is afforded more local authority than that of a township and less than that of a city. Often, urban townships use this authority for greater economic development. (In Michigan, an urban township is different from a Charter township.) For more information on the specifics in each state, see the respective entries below:

• Urban township (Michigan)
• Urban township (Minnesota)
• Urban township (Ohio)
• Urban town (Wisconsin)

In Taiwan, the urban township (Chinese: 鎮; pinyin: zhèn) is an administrative division of a county. Currently there are 38 urban townships in Taiwan. Those urban townships are:

• Incorporated town
• District-level town