How to Use unincorporated in a Sentence

unincorporated

adjective
  • The county’s unincorporated area will be the county’s share of the cost.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • His role would be to run the jails, patrol the unincorporated areas of the county and serve papers.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Others say the board should have a member from a county unincorporated area.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Fold batter a few times with spatula to ensure that no unincorporated bits are stuck to the bottom and sides of the bowl.
    — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The more than 80-acre site is still in an unincorporated area and must be annexed into Huntsville.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 10 July 2023
  • The new site is on unincorporated land just outside of El Cajon.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The land currently is in an unincorporated area of Kane County, and is zoned for farm use.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Stack pieces, tucking any unincorporated dry bits in between layers, and press down to flatten and combine.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But there are fewer sources of information for just unincorporated parts of the county.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Years later, a younger group, Jet Life, emerged from the unincorporated region.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • If adopted, Measure A would add a quarter-cent to the sales tax in most cities and unincorporated areas.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Some of that gap reflects the lower level of services offered in unincorporated areas compared to towns and cities.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Trees will be collected in unincorporated areas as well as the cities of Lafitte and Kenner.
    — Anna Jones, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Cities have their own regulations for short-term rentals, but the county oversees rentals in unincorporated areas.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • The vehicle failed to stop and sheriff’s deputies gave chase through the unincorporated area of Butte County.
    — The Sacramento Bee, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Wike's death was in unincorporated Harris County, the first such death recorded outside the city this year.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 11 Apr. 2022
  • That restriction will hit hardest in the towns and unincorporated areas on the periphery that have been some of the fastest-growing parts of the country.
    — Joshua Partlow, Brady Dennis and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
  • The unincorporated town of Hell, Michigan, that is.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Discharging fireworks in these cities is banned in city parks and in unincorporated areas of adjoining counties.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 1 July 2026
  • But the course itself is closest to the unincorporated community of Haven, part of the town of Mosel.
    — Joel Boyd, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Pahrump is an unincorporated town in the southern tip of Nevada, a little more than an hour west of Las Vegas.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2022
  • These are the areas of unincorporated county that have at least 10 short-term rental properties, registered or not.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • All of these documents can be taken together to guide the use of the county’s 80% unincorporated land.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The tiny, unincorporated town of Lajitas doesn’t have a human mayor.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Glover also said that Gillespie Field, in the unincorporated part of the city, has a long history with the military.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Deputies were sent to Zabik’s home in unincorporated Summit County.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Officials have also proposed increasing the tax on hotel stays and short-term rentals in unincorporated areas of the county to boost revenue.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • What started as a garage fire spread to a house in unincorporated Arapahoe County on Tuesday night.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • More often, properties come up for auction in areas with low property values near the outer limits of the city or in unincorporated parts of the county.
    — Graham Womack may 18, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
  • Voters whose address lists a city, yet reside in an unincorporated area, are not eligible to vote in the municipal election.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026

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