List of townships in North Carolina explained

The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 1,035 townships in 100 counties.[1]

History

North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner Plan" for structuring local government, largely inspired by provisions in Pennsylvania's constitution. Townships were created under the county unit of government, with every county divided into them, and each given their own township board. The boards comprised two justices of the peace and a clerk each elected to a two-year term, and together they were responsible for roads, township finances, and property tax assessments. Townships also elected constables and three-person local school committees.[2] The creation of townships was designed to disrupt the control of political life planter elites exercised over counties in the antebellum period and give citizens an opportunity to participate more in government.

While disliked by white supremacists and opponents of Reconstruction policies from their onset, the creation of townships initially met little public resistance. As more blacks began to be elected to local offices, white supremacists became more determined to eliminate the townships. After "Redeemers" took control of state government in 1874, they turned their focus to eliminating local centers of black political influence. The Redeemers convened a constitutional convention in 1875 to repeal Reconstruction policies. Originally seeking to totally eliminate townships, they were forced to compromise due to stiff opposition and added provisions to the constitution which allowed the North Carolina General Assembly to void townships' powers. By 1880, townships' authority had been largely stripped at the benefit of county governments.

In the 1890s, a Fusionist coalition comprising Republicans and Populists briefly took control of state government. The Republicans wanted to restore townships' powers but were unable to do so due to a lack of support from the Populists. By the early 20th century, townships were mostly reduced to administrative divisions with minimal political significance.[2]

Current legal status

North Carolina's townships were never legally appealed and thus continue to persist, mostly as geographic divisions without much legal significance. They are presently used for administrative purposes such as categorizing land deeds, organizing tax collection and voting precincts, and informing the creation of fire and school districts.

List

TownshipCounty2010 Census
1,094
12,846
11,310
8,620
3,878
2,584
2,146
710
722
3,136
330
3,326
1,297
2,172
14,060
1,698
4,185
1,103
10,799
6,050
23,561
16,075
694
17,809
12,428
13,018
6,968
7,525
5,131
5,215
4,397
1,810
619
7,605
4,864
6,833
2,996
17,033
1,839
6,533
22,055
4,649
3,602
2,065
8,650
600
797
1,559
12,801
3,676
1,351
3,707
672
6,160
1,302
9,334
2,160
1,929
9,200
7,277
4,467
3,848
2,470
4,311
2,023
5,125
6,527
5,765
4,087
513
13,416
2,180
10,373
6,009
2,715
11,172
4,211
1,628
3,058
1,611
2,286
4,753
9,379
7,283
4,179
3,694
476
399
12,180
2,014
11,623
5,159
3,445
2,002
1,763
21,881
1,409
1,865
9,768
523
4,935
551
2,747
2,435
3,251
7,157
10,323
2,892
1,574
8,405
894
1,942
4,409
2,606
2,516
568
2,673
7,722
1,299
640
771
1,880
370
738
1,323
18,388
132
2,070
3,064
839
2,436
1,884
22,866
74,074
1,974
2,030
1,418
37
8,490
22,548
3,821
504
12,586
40,841
5,222
8,947
327
2,371
7,464
5,857
7,457
1,259
2,152
6,219
11,344
87,971
11,982
628
9,313
6,794
1,528
16,500
828
6,645
2,666
24,501
9,290
3,766
7,359
30,712
6,011
14,927
19,628
2,817
1,911
24,354
6,542
32,599
3,176
2,290
8,681
2,262
2,304
7,016
2,929
6,474
6,999
2,613
499
9,401
3,684
14,804
3,912
2,206
3,625
9,066
3,822
3,118
2,273
4,558
1,736
3,359
375
614
7,208
612
1,085
3,527
66,163
1,515
3,896
15,821
9,428
1,770
1,129
965
3,409
3,843
2,818
21,436
1,238
2,567
32,786
426
3,326
18,518
1,527
4,054
8,860
6,594
3,702
5,976
594
8,402
4,877
106,210
17,725
3,450
1,912
2,989
3,489
1,652
2,459
161
12,753
4,734
7,318
585
3,715
1,873
6,684
11,741
6,948
613
638
1,002
6,288
1,227
3,632
2,691
7,243
1,944
5,842
7,501
1,788
1,160
5,518
11,111
4,489
3,682
5,979
8,736
11,313
6,703
1,738
25,469
10,372
2,946
1,266
8,169
1,781
6,068
7,137
466
4,032
517
11,149
774
0
1,356
296
14,509
12,322
2,228
2,400
8,311
10,080
6,912
1,035
8,648
1,637
2,281
9,915
1,511
4,474
3,870
5,973
85,249
1,614
1,952
74,448
1,991
2,814
2,718
385
1,326
1,013
11,278
1,630
22,380
14,773
1,100
2,368
6,336
4,264
455
8,267
9,319
2,362
3,607
3,386
2,878
600
4,695
1,429
49,564
1,262
2,890
4,900
11,746
10,911
3,363
2,238
425
2,252
2,476
2,775
1,538
2,476
1,738
1,544
1,282
1,207
1,570
37,561
1,179
1,357
8,327
6,480
2,560
2,921
1,373
1,457
3,868
2,098
2,642
443
5,112
718
21,046
47,527
1,876
2,601
61,829
2,699
2,202
2,668
79,032
8,363
1,773
13,809
1,578
2,215
2,318
2,362
2,360
2,141
33,071
3,124
4,345
14,573
680
1,591
57,439
8,988
12,628
490
1,446
6,085
302
17,628
7,790
471
2,930
7,016
2,623
1,078
20,744
10,390
3,569
4,866
1,686
3,143
980
11,012
1,107
70,537
5,157
12,643
2,689
1,868
4,718
10,424
6,062
567
10,808
1,387
678
3,118
718
5,565
30,386
1,715
1,401
21,406
3,701
5,822
909
1,784
6,015
2,650
413
1,947
3,245
20,857
1,210
18,722
3,835
2,884
41,850
19,148
21,005
3,970
1,585
17,707
30,851
5,792
3,366
4,892
14,394
7,721
20,145
453
1,761
1,964
11,867
6,215
1,439
4,208
851
3,458
2,545
12,528
3,991
14,149
23,248
2,545
3,904
9,185
2,241
1,602
8,496
719
8,546
18,000
2,830
12,393
3,667
9,491
2,407
24,839
1,317
21,455
5,701
8,111
3,140
24,643
1,344
6,362
5,349
19,949
13,914
21,932
2,631
469
8,523
14,773
13,442
5,880
7,377
3,366
5,336
3,191
13,926
605
992
2,812
3,712
44,136
1,710
2,639
12,181
2,221
2,802
13,470
2,217
3,899
2,770
384
1,097
2,628
9,837
10,487
52,310
676
2,541
3,007
25,256
195,218
3,424
1,592
28,058
2,065
5,715
492
9,678
24,334
2,995
6,927
3,340
1,692
6,879
826
6,688
6,085
10,921
10,543
3,608
802
1,988
10,238
3,652
7,464
5,129
73,617
6,703
1,740
2,700
1,662
3,005
1,198
15,559
2,791
1,189
1,096
7,591
6,620
9,974
11,838
3,532
32,264
2,130
9,170
14,046
5,840
2,348
6,939
11,242
2,263
1,515
868
229
4,649
6,013
12,190
2,471
7,319
4,570
2,538
39,856
1,776
1,250
6,995
11,402
1,376
2,153
948
2,708
5,379
4,122
5,236
3,990
149
1,840
2,417
8,868
641
1,980
2,001
7,425
8,154
1,083
6,685
24,019
4,170
2,697
2,283
1,104
17,771
1,434
3,602
13,732
625
2,026
3,593
5,546
3,138
4,020
4,852
1,207
2,614
858
1,138
2,774
3,039
5,095
14,677
571
604
711
7,334
240
239
7,823
511
0
869
1,645
1,364
8,351
6,786
9,985
516
2,818
7,339
6,161
4,049
12,995
3,860
117,838
443
9,536
4,809
10,870
361
3,581
6,175
5,088
12,263
19,874
3,408
1,801
3,112
3,811
20,615
3,214
3,029
1,359
1,352
26,596
2,143
1,214
23,144
468
3,451
11,635
6,046
55,819
1,892
1,846
15,745
16,257
7,266
2,369
3,411
572
2,351
15,284
1,671
5,726
13,107
4,891
2,822
58,484
65,731
9,030
1,884
1,681
6,808
28,205
1,972
1,256
2,718
6,711
1,866
1,407
45,672
1,665
2,831
7,676
5,681
1,495
1,820
3,684
2,094
673
1,724
1,494
522
9,860
93,772
5,308
26,545
1,381
5,154
2,622
765
2,506
8,705
1,780
2,290
2,032
1,358
1,513
1,148
10,793
6,164
3,976
1,061
1,286
2,517
3,858
2,334
16,409
6,030
14,467
772
787
2,048
1,410
1,779
2,738
2,901
1,077
8,225
1,368
6,877
2,551
2,576
50
1,804
3,132
3,652
40,484
1,748
2,344
1,503
2,233
3,197
7,023
2,085
5,045
3,131
214
541
1,968
3,147
26,460
1,425
1,725
467
959
3,767
7,169
20,184
1,918
15,659
3,866
25,019
2,585
2,826
17,336
523
1,326
5,133
8,971
15,551
782
19,417
850
1,669
50,225
6,671
6,541
5,553
3,771
9,001
1,388
11,099
39,010
1,236
5,462
21,253
27,533
8,656
2,697
6,820
731,424
7,731
8,885
24,424
2,990
4,869
1,194
15,189
2,038
8,695
2,909
3,319
3,812
4,491
12,859
1,100
1,906
3,644
2,612
35,668
3,462
2,546
25,227
3,949
4,492
12,348
5,770
8,831
1,981
1,333
736
2,268
3,327
907
911
2,161
42,072
5,414
2,753
2,085
3,836
2,724
409
6,747
3,339
1,282
4,067
10,575
900
1,790
25,398
641
21,423
24,183
3,877
1,254
2,636
1,560
18,236
14,197
4,383
1,074
4,869
1,264
1,431
18,592
5,029
3,525
35,865
4,088
5,607
6,349
17,032
2,554
914
3,396
21,932
3,458
25,915
1,807
551
8,532
1,498
24,801
3,760
3,303
16,681
6,241
21,937
11,204
4,575
390
1,931
37,537
18,122
6,563
17,896
2,134
5,551
33,650
7,479
1,818
28,977
1,341
3,391
3,527
93,373
26,604
6,270
3,747
2,181
733
3,880
764
9,025
2,638
4,232
2,940
3,053
1,824
1,259
2,170
2,215
1,180
1,066
16,789
8,829
1,825
7,275
3,545
52,497
10,243
3,448
2,175
9,118
65,491
2,373
1,223
1,369
4,776
6,108
14,838
2,937
3,558
640
19,489
2,686
1,783
5,636
8,825
1,812
811
2,648
2,868
4,614
1,060
1,053
1,896
12,942
401
20,751
2,504
72,894
1,554
1,546
506
11,593
1,837
18,083
10,448
13,624
4,578
1,256
3,332
4,464
7,683
9,112
106,476
42,775
55
5,555
7,971
229,617
46,280
4,441
6,303
10,075
8,425
3,267
2,089
1,502
1,409
21,834
710
1,205
3,767
642
14,423

See also

Works cited

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Townships in North Carolina . City-Data.com .
  2. Web site: Towns and Cities. Stick. David. 2006. NCPedia. North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. September 19, 2023.

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