unincorporated area
No city jurisdiction
An unincorporated area is a region that lacks its own municipal government—no city hall, no mayor, no local police force.
Residents rely on county or state services instead.
Common in rural America, these areas exist outside the boundaries of any incorporated city or town: They lived in an unincorporated area outside Phoenix.
The term appears frequently in zoning and land-use discussions.
- countyLocal administrative division
- county lineBorder between adjacent counties
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- public utilitiesRegulated essential service providers
- exurbanBeyond metropolitan fringes
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