Municipal annexation
Municipal annexation is the legal process by which a city or other municipality acquires land as its jurisdictional territory (as opposed to simply owning the land the way individuals do).[1] The annexed land is typically not part of any other municipality. In the United States and Canada, however, annexation may also involve one polity absorbing another, usually an adjacent and smaller one, and usually by vote of the residents of both polities. For example, in 1872, the city Zanesville, Ohio annexed the adjacent community of Putnam,[2] and in 1889, the city of Toronto annexed the adjacent town of Parkdale.
Overview
Within areas that are
Annexation of neighbouring communities occurs in Canada. The City of Calgary, for example, has in the past annexed the communities of Bridgeland, Riverside, Sunnyside, Hillhurst, Hunter, Hubalta, Ogden, Forest Lawn, Midnapore, Shepard, Montgomery, and Bowness.[4][5] Another example of an annexation in Canada occurred when the city of London, Ontario annexed Wortley Village in 1890.[6]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780824709464. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ National Park Service. "Putnam Historic District". Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 20.
- ^ "Annexation Policies and Urban Growth Management in Calgary." Tim Creelman. Accessed December 17, 2009. Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ History of Annexation. City of Calgary. Accessed December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Wortley Village has been picked as the nation's best neighbourhood | London Free Press".