2014 Grand Tour Questions

[Anita Johnson]

Got our replacement flag. Thank you!

[MikeH]

(05-31-2014 07:43 PM)Don Q Wrote:  I got Owatonna,MN and then saw Owatonna township.Are these 2 different GT's or have I used up all my Owatonna's?

Yeah they both are different.

Has to be this way since different parts of the country classify townships differently, if this tour was only midwest I'd have an alternate answer.

[MDTurley]

I guess I'm confused

Doesn't it have to be an actual town?

I mean we have Blue Creek, (my Grandson goes to school a to Blue Creek School) but it's a subdivision, not a town really, it's part of Billings or the county, not really sure... no post office there, but there is a Fire Dept... We have Lockwood (already got that one), it has a post office (and yes, I know the post office itself doesn't qualify) what's fair?

I figure it pretty much has to be a town of some kind, right?

[MikeH]

it can get confusing for us midwestern folks on the township rules. If you go out to east coast or I even saw a few in Michigan, townships are actually real towns with PO, fire, town halls, etc.
If you are unsure if a town will count, google the town, that's what I do.
So if you look at Blue Creek, MT it brings up the school you mentioned in Billings, so I would not count it.
Searching Lockwood says: Lockwood is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States
So I'd say it would count.

[MDTurley]

I won't win but I'll just do CDP's anyway... fun, thanks guys
http://mdturley.smugmug.com/Motorcycles

[Shooter]

So do military post count? They do have zip codes and show up on a Google search.

[Lapchik]

Hope so, there's a double double near you.

[Shooter]

yes there is but I'm looking at different places.

[MikeH]

(08-01-2014 05:50 PM)Shooter Wrote:  So do military post count? They do have zip codes and show up on a Google search.

Probably not, can I have an example?

[Shooter]

Offutt AFB.

[MikeH]

I'm going to stay with no, I don't want people taking photos of military bases, might get someone in trouble.