![[photo, Town Hall, 4 North Second St., Denton, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/denton/images/1198-1-07780b.jpg)
Municipalities are towns or cities that are self-governing. Most commonly, they have been incorporated by an act of the General Assembly, though sometimes by referendum. There are 157 municipalities in Maryland.
Town Hall, 4 North Second St., Denton, Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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