My city’s limits covers one county and half of the county north of it. Why don’t they just follow the same lines on the map, with either the county following the city, or the city following the county line?
My city’s limits covers one county and half of the county north of it. Why don’t they just follow the same lines on the map, with either the county following the city, or the city following the county line?
Everywhere has to fall within a county. Not so for cities. Thus, there are places where you can stand where you are not in a city.
City boundaries roughly follow population.
I’m not sure what determines county lines, possibly response time, e.g. your county fire department needs to be able to send a truck to your house in under x minutes.