It is common knowledge that individuals with highly trained skills perform the property survey or boundary survey needed to distinguish boundaries or perimeters for neighborhoods, towns or cities. There is a lot that goes into the development of the areas of land that date back to the beginning of our country. However, when did the first cities come to be? Why did they come to be?

As may be the case where you live, there are several towns near me that are celebrating their anniversaries. They are anniversaries of when the town was first incorporated. One has been around 100 years and the other for 50 years. The other day while driving to work I considered the time when these towns were first thought up - when they were first populated enough to be considered towns. Now, full of houses, gas stations, malls and people that time seems far off.

Generally history doesn't tell us why people decided to create towns or cities, perhaps it just happened naturally. In the United States towns are characterized by their individual states, meaning that each state decides the qualifications that an area must have to become a town or city. The smallest city on record sits in North Dakota with a total population of five. Seems crazy that this could be even considered a city but each state gets to make its own choices.

Further, when a town would like to be updated to city status it is not a simple phone call to the local board or the local governing body. It is a regulated set of paperwork that requires a lot of approval and a generally strict process to meet whatever the state's guidelines may be about becoming a city.

My husband and I live in an area of town that is considered unincorporated, which means it is not part of the neighboring town. Recently, a petition was circulating to allow our area to become part of the neighboring town officially. Basically after the petition is filed then a study is done to determine the feasibility of incorporating the new area into the already existing city or town. It then goes to a public hearing and then an election.

Most of the time while living in the various states we've lived in or the towns or cities we've inhabited we haven't given a second thought to the history in the city or the process behind how the city got started. In fact, it seems most of the time we just think the city was already there. We fail to really realize that a lot of the houses around us weren't there 50 years ago and that a lot of the land might have been used for farming in some places or covered in trees in others. The history behind a city can be fascinating and the next time your city celebrates the anniversary of its incorporation take a minute to read about the history and how and when the city was first founded. You may learn some valuable insights regarding the place you live - things you may never have known otherwise. It can draw you closer to your community and create a little city spirit that may make you more willing to be part of the local happenings.

Author: Rebecca Beckett

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About the Author: Rebecca Beckett is a freelance writer for Innuity .If you would like more information about property survey or boundary survey
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