The National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT) is an American

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or advocacy group of local government from more than 10,000 communities across the United States. The Washington, DC- based organization was established 1976. Its founding executive director was Barton Russell. Russell served in this capacity until 1985 at which time he was appointed President of the National Center for Small Communities - NATaT's policy development and training arm. Mr. Russell left NATaT in 1994 to launch the Barton Russell Group, a consultancy specializing in the small town America market, it's 34,000 communities and the 140 million people who live in them. NATaT's purpose today, as it was in 1976, is to champion fair-share federal funding decisions and to promote legislative and regulatory policies designed to strengthen grassroots local government. For more than 40 years NATaT's staff and members have strived to educate lawmakers and other federal officials about the unique nature of small community government operations as well as the need for policies that meet the special needs of suburban and non-metro communities. NATaT is known in the Nation's Capital as the strong voice of #smalltown America.

State Associations

State associations (with website links, when known) include: *

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

Council of Small Towns &mdash
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Township Association &mdash
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Michigan Townships Association The Michigan Townships Association (MTA) is a non-profit organization based in U.S. state of Michigan. It is one of the largest local government associations in the United States. The MTA was formed in 1953 and now claims nearly 99% of Michigan's 1 ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

Association of Townships &mdash
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*Association of Towns of New York &mdash
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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...

Township Officers Association &mdash
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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

Township Association &mdash
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Association of Township Supervisors &mdash
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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...

Association of Towns and Townships *

Wisconsin Towns Association The Wisconsin Towns Association (WTA) is an organization of Wisconsin's 1,259 towns. Founded in 1947, it is a non-profit and non-partisan association. It is based out of Shawano, Wisconsin Shawano (pronounced SHAW-no) is a city in Shawano County ...

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''There are other state level education and advocacy groups for small local-government units. This list contains only those affiliated with the NATaT.''

External links

NATaT's website
Nonpartisan organizations in the United States