Townsend (pronounced tounʹ-zənd) or Townshend may refer to:

Places

United States

Camp Townsend Camp Smith is a military installation of the New York Army National Guard in Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, about north of New York City, at the northern border of Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, and consists of . Established ...

, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York *

Townsend, Delaware Townsend is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census, an increase of 492.2% from 2000. The center of population of Delaware is located in Townsend. Geography Townsend is located at (39.39 ...

Townsend, Georgia Townsend is an unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies along State Route 57 northwest of the city of Darien, the county seat. Its elevation is 20 feet (6 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code ...

Townsend, Massachusetts Townsend is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,127 at the 2020 census. History Townsend was first settled by Europeans in 1676 in an area known by indigenous people of the area as Wistequassuck, an ...

, a New England town **

Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts Townsend is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Townsend in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,128 at the 2010 census. Geography Townsend is located at (42.667688, -71.706019). According to the Unit ...

, the main village in the town **

Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts Townsend Harbor is a village in Townsend, Massachusetts, containing Harbor Pond dammed from the Squannacook River. At this location Jonas Spaulding and his brother Waldo started a mill in 1873 that made leatherboard (composed of leather scraps a ...

, another village in the town *

Townsend, Montana Townsend is a city in and the county seat of Broadwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2020 census. History Lewis and Clark passed through on the voyage of discovery in 1805, although the first white settlers, h ...

Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population of the township was 1,623. Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: * ...

Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio Townsend Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,670 people lived in the township. Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: ...

Townsend, Tennessee Townsend is a city in Blount County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The city was chartered in 1921 by persons who were involved with the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company. The population was 244 at the 2000 census and 448 at ...

Townsend, Wisconsin Townsend is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 963 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Townsend is located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total ...

, a town *

Townsend (community), Wisconsin Townsend is an unincorporated community, unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Townsend, Wisconsin, Townsend, Oconto County, Wisconsin, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Townsend is located on Wisconsin Highway 32 s ...

, an unincorporated community *

Townshend, Vermont Townshend is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for the Townshend family, powerful figures in British politics. The population was 1,291 at the 2020 census. History The land grant for Townshend was chartered b ...

, a New England town ** Townshend (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town *

Port Townsend, Washington Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...

Port Townsend Bay Port Townsend Bay, also called Port Townsend, is a marine inlet off Admiralty Inlet at the northeastern extreme of the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It was named Port Townsend by George Vancouver in 1792. The name Port Townsend ...

Port Townsend Film Festival The Port Townsend Film Festival began screening independent films in 1999. Today, PTFF has expanded to eight theatres and screens over 90 films, mid-September, in Port Townsend's walkable National Historic District. Port Townsend, Washington, Unit ...

Canada

Townsend Township, Ontario Norfolk County is a rural single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with a 2016 population of 67,490. Despite its name, it is no longer a county by definition, as all municipal services are handled b ...

Townsend, Ontario Townsend is a planned community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, that was founded in 1970 with the expectation it would house the developing industrial region to the south around Nanticoke. Summary While there used to be some commercial ...

Townsend Lake Townsend Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the east-central part of the province in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest. The lake is in the Woody River Block of Porcupine Hills Provinci ...

, Saskatchewan

United Kingdom

Townsend, Buckinghamshire Chesham (, , or ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt. It is in the Chess Valley, surrounded by farm ...

Townshend, Cornwall Townshend ( kw, Penn an Dre Egloskrowenn) is a small village near Leedstown and Godolphin and the River Hayle. At one time it was a thriving community with a pub, post office, shop, butchers and a chapel, but these have now all closed. It is a ...

Townsend, Bournemouth Townsend is a area of Bournemouth, Dorset. It is located in the suburbs along the north eastern boundary of the town and is close to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. History Townsend is a housing estate and was built in the mid 1970s. Politics ...

, Dorset * Townsend, Poulshot, Wiltshire *Townsend, Kingswinford, an area at the end of the village of

Kingswinford Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated west-southwest of central Dudley. In 2011 the area had a population of 25,191, down from 25,808 at the 2001 Census. The current economic focus ...

in the West Midlands *Townsend Industrial Estate in

Houghton Regis Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, East of England. The parish is located in Central Bedfordshire, which includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Bedfordshire, Bidwell, Thorn, Bedfordshire, Th ...

, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire

New Zealand

Townsend Observatory Townsend Observatory, owned and administered by the University of Canterbury, is part of the Arts Centre of Christchurch, New Zealand and was open on clear Friday evenings. The building collapsed in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. His ...

Australia

Mount Townsend Mount Townsend, a mountain in the Main Range of the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. With an elevation of above sea level, Mount Townsend is the second-highest peak of mainland ...

, the second-highest peak in mainland Australia * the name of

Marburg, Queensland Marburg is a rural town in the City of Ipswich and a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , Marburg had a population of 873 people. Geography Marburg is located approximately ...

for a brief period during World War 1

Buildings and structures

Townsend Central Public School The Grand Erie District School Board (GEDSB, Originally known as Haldimand Norfolk Brant (English-language Public) District School Board No. 23 prior to May 1998) is a school board that has legal jurisdiction over Norfolk County, Haldimand Coun ...

, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada *

Townsend Hotel (Birmingham, Michigan) The Townsend Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in the Metro Detroit city of Birmingham, Michigan. The hotel contains the Rugby Grille restaurant. In addition, the hotel ballroom can accommodate conferences of up to 500 people. The hotel arc ...

Townsend Hotel (Casper, Wyoming) The Townsend Hotel, also known as the Hotel Townsend, is a historic hotel in Casper, Wyoming. It was renovated and expanded for government use in 2008-2009 and is now known as the Townsend Justice Center. Description The Townsend Hotel is a five- ...

, a NRHP-listed property *

Townshend International School Townshend International School is a private, Baháʼí-inspired International school located in Hluboká nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1992, the school draws some 140 students from approximately 30 countries each year. The school ...

, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic * Townsend & Wall, former department store in St. Joseph, Missouri from 1866 to 1983, now used as apartments *

Townsend Building (disambiguation) Townsend Building may be: * Townsend Building (Lake Butler, Florida) (aka "the Old Drugstore"), a historic site in the United States * Townsend Building (Oxford), part of the Oxford University Department of Physics in the England * Townsend Buildin ...

, several buildings *

James W. Townsend House (Orange Springs, Florida) The James W. Townsend House (also known as the Orange Springs Inn) is a historic home in Orange Springs, Florida, Orange Springs, Florida. It is located at Main and Spring Streets on the previously owned property of John William Pearson. On Oct ...

James W. Townsend House (Lake Butler, Florida) The James W. Townsend House is a United States, U.S. historic home in Lake Butler, Union County, Florida, Lake Butler, Florida. It is located at 235 Southwest 4th Avenue, south of State Road 100 (Florida), SR 100. On February 29, 1996, it was a ...

History

Townshend Acts The Townshend Acts () or Townshend Duties, were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to fund administration of the British colonies in America. They are named after the ...

, proposed by Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that placed a tax on common import goods and which fomented resentment of the British in the Thirteen Colonies

Science

Townsend discharge The Townsend discharge or Townsend avalanche is a gas ionisation process where free electrons are accelerated by an electric field, collide with gas molecules, and consequently free additional electrons. Those electrons are in turn accelerated and ...

Townsend (unit) The townsend (symbol Td) is a physical unit of the reduced electric field ( ratio E/N), where E is electric field and N is concentration of neutral particles. It is named after John Sealy Townsend, who conducted early research into gas ionisation. ...

Other uses

Townsend (name) Townsend is a topographic surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin, indicating residence at the extremity of a city or burgh (from Middle English ''touun'' "village", "hamlet", "stead" + ''ende'' "end".) Popular variants are Townshend (of Norfolk v ...

Townsend and Townsend and Crew Townsend (pronounced tounʹ-zənd) or Townshend may refer to: Places United States *Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York *Townsend, Delaware *Townsend, Georgia *Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town **Townsend ( ...

, law firm established in 1860, based in San Francisco, California * Townsend Thoresen, past ferry operator, now named P&O Ferries * ''

Townsend v. Sain ''Townsend v. Sain'', 372 U.S. 293 (1963), was a United States Supreme Court case wherein the Court expanded the circumstances in which federal courts should hold evidentiary hearings when presented with petitions for ''habeas corpus'' by state pri ...

'', a US Supreme Court case about ''habeas corpus'' and truth serums, decided in 1963 * {{disambiguation, geo