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  • noun A tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets

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Examples

  • Higher densities would be allowed in the existing townsite, which is 120 acres, plus 1,000 acres of adjacent uplands.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

  • Goaded by two Wobbly speakers, four hundred workers from both shifts repaired to the Anderson Brothers mess hall, where they voted to strike, elected a committee to draw up a list of demands, and dispatched a delegation to pass the word to the work camps situated around the Boulder City townsite.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • As the spring of 1931 turned to summer, the townsite taking shape at the crown of the wash looked to the residents occupying its base in Ragtown like a mirage.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Goaded by two Wobbly speakers, four hundred workers from both shifts repaired to the Anderson Brothers mess hall, where they voted to strike, elected a committee to draw up a list of demands, and dispatched a delegation to pass the word to the work camps situated around the Boulder City townsite.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • That historic townsite is linked to Halifax with a SeaBus inspired commuter water link.

    Olympic Line (short) closure notice « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

  • As the spring of 1931 turned to summer, the townsite taking shape at the crown of the wash looked to the residents occupying its base in Ragtown like a mirage.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Each townsite is a Pedestrian Shed, having a footprint measuring a 5-minute walk from the train stop.

    Rail reality grows with Hydro’s revelation « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

  • At two people per unit, that represents a population of over 15,000 per townsite.

    Rail reality grows with Hydro’s revelation « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

  • The townsite region of Jasper is an ecologically important area located at the junction of three watersheds.

    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada 2008

  • A small townsite (87 permanent residents) exists within the boundaries of Waterton Lakes National Park.

    Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada 2008

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