I understand how a village grows into a town and a town into a city, etc, but I can’t find an understandable answer to how the whole process begins initially. Do a group of people just form a contract and agree to share responsibilities? Who gives up the land? Perhaps it was easier to understand when there was more available land? Any help understanding how the whole ball gets rolling would be much appreciated.
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Lots of states have different processes on “incorporating.”
You’d have to pull your state’s specific rules to get an answer cause there are a bunch of different mechanisms lol
But you’re generally on the right track. In most places they require some sort of a city charter, some sort of legal structure, it usually has to go to a vote of the proposed community, and usually filed with the state itself. There are usually also tax and public service requirements as well
Lots of communities sprout up informally until they decide they want to file the paperwork. Some places never do or get absorbed by a neighboring city. Some states have strong county governments that basically function as a “city” for the community
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