Municipal governments<span> are organized </span>local governments<span> authorized in state constitutions and statutes, </span>established<span> to provide general </span>government<span> for a defined area, generally corresponding to a population center rather than one of a set of areas into which a county is divided.</span>
MANIFEST DESTINY WAS THE BELIEF THE U.S. SHOULD STRETCH FROM COAST TO COAST WHEN THE U.S. ACQUIRED THESE LANDS IT HAD A LONG BORDER ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.