It was previously an independent municipal borough.

Temple was formerly an independent borough, until it was disincorporated on January 1, 1999.

The rural district comprised an area surrounding St Albans, but did not include the city, which was an independent municipal borough.

In 1904, the city declared itself an independent borough.

The township completely surrounds the independent borough of Lakehurst.

Flemington was formed within the township on March 14, 1870, and became an independent borough on April 7, 1910.

Until local government amalgamation in 1989, Riccarton was an independent borough.

Pemberton became an independent borough c. 1894.

Bloomfield appears to have been an independent borough prior to its annexation by the City of Pittsburgh in 1868.

The four independent boroughs that had formerly constituted Prague were eventually proclaimed a single city in 1784.