American Government › Section N · State and local government › Topic N.5
County and city government
The United States has one national government and fifty state governments, but more than ninety thousand local ones. Counties, cities, towns and special districts collect your rubbish, run your schools and police your streets, and they come in a surprising variety of shapes.
In this topic
- The most numerous governments
- Counting local governments
- Counties: arms of the state
- Three ways to run a county
- County officials and services
- Cities, towns and townships
- The mayor-council system
- Council-manager and other forms
- Worked example: identifying a city's form
- Worked example: counting your governments
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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