This is a list of unincorporated communities in the

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which are not

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. Incorporated municipalities in the state are listed separately in a list of cities and list of towns. Due to unreliability of the source data in the

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, items in this list may be historical places that no longer exist, places that are part of an incorporated city or town or a CDP, or never a community in the first place.

Census-designated places

There are 345 unincorporated communities that are treated as "places" for the purpose of

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data collection. These are termed

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...

s (CDPs) and are listed on a separate page.

Unincorporated communities (including those that are CDPs)

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Unincorporated Communities An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...