List of municipalities in North Carolina

Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted

North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km2) of land.[1][2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 552 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages.[3] The three different terms have no legal distinction.

Contents:

* Top
* Most populous municipalities

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* Y
* Z

* See also
* References
* External links

## Most populous municipalities

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* Charlotte, most populous city in North Carolina

* Raleigh, capital city of North Carolina

* Greensboro

* Durham

* Winston-Salem

* Fayetteville

* Cary

* Wilmington

* High Point

* Concord

* Asheville

* Greenville

> ‡ State capital and county seat
>  † County seat

Below is a list of the 50 most populous municipalities in North Carolina according to the 2020 census and 2022 census estimate.[4]

Name  | Population (2022)  | Population (2020)  | Change  | Type  | County

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Charlotte†  | 897,720  | 874,579  | +2.65% | City  | Mecklenburg
Raleigh‡  | 476,587  | 467,665  | +1.91% | City  | Wake (seat), Durham
Greensboro†  | 301,115  | 299,035  | +0.70% | City  | Guilford
Durham†  | 291,928  | 283,506  | +2.97% | City  | Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
Winston-Salem†  | 251,350  | 249,545  | +0.72% | City  | Forsyth
Fayetteville†  | 208,873  | 208,501  | +0.18% | City  | Cumberland
Cary | 180,388  | 174,721  | +3.24% | Town  | Wake, Chatham
Wilmington†  | 120,324  | 115,451  | +4.22% | City  | New Hanover
High Point | 115,067  | 114,059  | +0.88% | City  | Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
Concord†  | 109,896  | 105,240  | +4.42% | City  | Cabarrus
Asheville†  | 93,776  | 94,589  | −0.86% | City  | Buncombe
Greenville†  | 89,233  | 87,521  | +1.96% | City  | Pitt
Gastonia†  | 82,653  | 80,411  | +2.79% | City  | Gaston
Apex | 71,065  | 58,780  | +20.90% | Town  | Wake
Jacksonville†  | 70,420  | 72,723  | −3.17% | City  | Onslow
Huntersville | 63,035  | 61,376  | +2.70% | Town  | Mecklenburg
Chapel Hill | 62,098  | 61,960  | +0.22% | Town  | Orange, Durham
Burlington | 59,287  | 55,481  | +6.86% | City  | Alamance
Kannapolis | 55,448  | 53,114  | +4.39% | City  | Cabarrus, Rowan
Rocky Mount | 54,013  | 54,341  | −0.60% | City  | Edgecombe, Nash
Mooresville | 52,656  | 50,193  | +4.91% | Town  | Iredell
Wake Forest | 51,113  | 47,601  | +7.38% | Town  | Wake, Franklin
Wilson†  | 47,606  | 47,851  | −0.51% | City  | Wilson
Holly Springs | 45,945  | 41,239  | +11.41% | Town  | Wake
Hickory | 44,084  | 43,490  | +1.37% | City  | Catawba, Burke, Caldwell
Indian Trail | 41,724  | 39,997  | +4.32% | Town  | Union
Fuquay-Varina | 40,810  | 34,152  | +19.50% | Town  | Wake
Monroe†  | 36,018  | 34,562  | +4.21% | City  | Union
Salisbury†  | 35,808  | 35,540  | +0.75% | City  | Rowan
Garner | 33,669  | 31,159  | +8.06% | Town  | Wake
Goldsboro†  | 33,215  | 33,657  | −1.31% | City  | Wayne
Cornelius | 32,294  | 31,412  | +2.81% | Town  | Mecklenburg
New Bern†  | 31,539  | 31,291  | +0.79% | City  | Craven
Morrisville | 31,493  | 29,630  | +6.29% | Town  | Wake, Durham
Sanford†  | 31,224  | 30,261  | +3.18% | City  | Lee
Matthews | 30,124  | 29,435  | +2.34% | Town  | Mecklenburg
Statesville†  | 29,681  | 28,419  | +4.44% | City  | Iredell
Clayton | 29,445  | 26,307  | +11.93% | Town  | Johnston, Wake
Leland | 28,591  | 22,908  | +24.81% | Town  | Brunswick
Kernersville | 27,763  | 26,449  | +4.97% | Town  | Forsyth, Guilford
Asheboro†  | 27,482  | 27,156  | +1.20% | City  | Randolph
Thomasville | 27,399  | 27,183  | +0.79% | City  | Davidson, Randolph
Mint Hill | 27,143  | 26,450  | +2.62% | Town  | Mecklenburg, Union
Waxhaw | 22,533  | 20,534  | +9.74% | Town  | Union
Shelby†  | 21,855  | 21,918  | −0.29% | City  | Cleveland
Clemmons | 21,823  | 21,163  | +3.12% | Village  | Forsyth
Carrboro | 21,298  | 21,295  | +0.01% | Town  | Orange
Harrisburg | 19,822  | 18,967  | +4.51% | Town  | Cabarrus
Boone†  | 19,756  | 19,092  | +3.48% | Town  | Watauga
Knightdale | 19,703  | 19,435  | +1.38% | Town  | Wake

## A

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* Aberdeen – town, Moore County
* Ahoskie – town, Hertford County
* Alamance – village, Alamance County
* Albemarle – city, Stanly County
* Alliance – town, Pamlico County
* Andrews – town, Cherokee County
* Angier – town, Harnett County
* Ansonville – town, Anson County
* Apex – town, Wake County
* Arapahoe – town, Pamlico County
* Archdale – city, Randolph County
* Archer Lodge – town, Johnston County
* Arlington – town, Yadkin County
* Asheboro – city, Randolph County
* Asheville – city, Buncombe County
* Askewville – town, Bertie County
* Atkinson – town, Pender County
* Atlantic Beach – town, Carteret County
* Aulander – town, Bertie County
* Aurora – town, Beaufort County
* Autryville – town, Sampson County
* Ayden – town, Pitt County

## B

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* Badin – town, Stanly County
* Bailey – town, Nash County
* Bakersville – town, Mitchell County
* Bald Head Island – village, Brunswick County
* Banner Elk – town, Avery County
* Bath – town, Beaufort County
* Bayboro – town, Pamlico County
* Bear Grass – town, Martin County
* Beaufort – town, Carteret County
* Beech Mountain – town, Avery County
* Belhaven – town, Beaufort County
* Belmont – city, Gaston County
* Belville – town, Brunswick County
* Belwood – town, Cleveland County
* Benson – town, Johnston County
* Bermuda Run – town Davie County
* Bessemer City – city, Gaston County
* Bethania – town, Forsyth County
* Bethel – town, Pitt County
* Beulaville – town, Duplin County
* Biltmore Forest – town, Buncombe County
* Biscoe – town, Montgomery County
* Black Creek – town, Wilson County
* Black Mountain – town, Buncombe County
* Bladenboro – town, Bladen County
* Blowing Rock – town, Watauga County
* Boardman – town, Columbus County
* Bogue – town, Carteret County
* Boiling Spring Lakes – city, Brunswick County
* Boiling Springs – town, Cleveland County
* Bolivia – town, Brunswick County
* Bolton – town, Columbus County
* Boone – town, Watauga County
* Boonville – town, Yadkin County
* Bostic – town, Rutherford County
* Brevard – city, Transylvania County
* Bridgeton – town, Craven County
* Broadway – town, Lee County
* Brookford – town, Catawba County
* Brunswick – town, Columbus County
* Bryson City – town, Swain County
* Bunn – town, Franklin County
* Burgaw – town, Pender County
* Burlington – city, Alamance County
* Burnsville – town, Yancey County
* Butner – town, Granville County

## C

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* Cajah's Mountain – town, Caldwell County
* Calabash – town, Brunswick County
* Calypso – town, Duplin County
* Camden – town, Camden County
* Cameron – town, Moore County
* Candor – town, Montgomery County
* Canton – town, Haywood County
* Cape Carteret – town, Carteret County
* Carolina Beach – town, New Hanover County
* Carolina Shores – town, Brunswick County
* Carrboro – town, Orange County
* Carthage – town, Moore County
* Cary – town, Wake County & Chatham County
* Casar – town, Cleveland County
* Castalia – town, Nash County
* Caswell Beach – town, Brunswick County
* Catawba – town, Catawba County
* Cedar Grove – village, Orange County
* Cedar Point – town, Carteret County
* Cedar Rock – village, Caldwell County
* Cerro Gordo – town, Columbus County
* Chadbourn – town, Columbus County
* Chapel Hill – town, Orange County
* Charlotte – city, Mecklenburg County
* Cherryville – town, Gaston County
* Chimney Rock – village, Rutherford County
* China Grove – town, Rowan County
* Chocowinity – town, Beaufort County
* Claremont – city, Catawba County
* Clarkton – town, Bladen County
* Clayton – town, Johnston County
* Clemmons – village, Forsyth County
* Cleveland – town, Rowan County
* Clinton – town, Sampson County
* Clyde – town, Haywood County
* Coats – town, Harnett County
* Cofield – village, Hertford County
* Colerain – town, Bertie County
* Columbia – town , Tyrrell County
* Columbus – town, Polk County
* Como – town, Hertford County
* Concord – city, Cabarrus County
* Conetoe – town, Edgecombe County
* Connelly Springs – town, Burke County
* Conover – city, Catawba County
* Conway – town, Northampton County
* Cooleemee – town, Davie County
* Cornelius – town, Mecklenburg County
* Cove City – town, Craven County
* Cramerton – town, Gaston County
* Creedmoor – town, Granville County
* Creswell – town, Washington County
* Crossnore – town, Avery County

## D

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* Dallas – town, Gaston County
* Danbury – city, Stokes County
* Davidson – town, Mecklenburg County
* Denton – town, Davidson County
* Dillsboro – town, Jackson County
* Dobbins Heights – town, Richmond County
* Dobson – town, Surry County
* Dortches – town, Nash County
* Dover – town, Craven County
* Drexel – town, Burke County
* Dublin – town, Bladen County
* Duck – town, Dare County
* Dunn – town, Harnett County
* Durham – city, Durham County

## E

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* Earl – town, Cleveland County
* East Arcadia – town, Bladen County
* East Bend – town, Yadkin County
* East Spencer – town, Rowan County
* Eastover – town, Cumberland County
* Eden – town, Rockingham County
* Edenton – town, Chowan County
* Efland – town, Orange County
* Elizabeth City – city, Pasquotank County
* Elizabethtown – town, Bladen County
* Elk Park – town, Avery County
* Elkin – town, Surry County
* Ellenboro – town, Rutherford County
* Ellerbe – town, Richmond County
* Elm City – town, Wilson County
* Elon – town, Alamance County
* Emerald Isle – town, Carteret County
* Enfield – town, Halifax County
* Erwin – town, Harnett County
* Eureka – town, Wayne County
* Everetts – town, Martin County

## F

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* Fair Bluff – town, Columbus County
* Fairmont – town, Robeson County
* Fairview – town, Union County
* Faison – town, Duplin County
* Faith – town, Rowan County
* Falcon – town, Cumberland County & Sampson County
* Falkland – town, Pitt County
* Fallston – hamlet, Cleveland County
* Farmville – town, Pitt County
* Fayetteville – city, Cumberland County
* Flat Rock – village, Henderson County
* Fletcher – town, Henderson County
* Forest City – town, Rutherford County
* Forest Hills – village, Jackson County
* Fountain – town, Pitt County
* Four Oaks – town, Johnston County
* Foxfire – village, Moore County
* Franklin – town, Macon County
* Franklinton – town, Franklin County
* Franklinville – town, Randolph County
* Fremont – town, Wayne County
* Fuquay-Varina – town, Wake County

## G

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* Gamewell – town, Caldwell County
* Garland – town, Sampson County
* Garner – town, Wake County
* Garysburg – town, Northampton County
* Gaston – town, Northampton County
* Gastonia – city, Gaston County
* Gatesville – town, Gates County
* Gibson – town, Scotland County
* Gibsonville – town, Alamance County & Guilford County
* Glen Alpine – town, Burke County
* Godwin – town, Cumberland County
* Goldsboro – city, Wayne County
* Graham – town, Alamance County
* Grandfather – village, Avery County
* Granite Falls – town, Caldwell County
* Granite Quarry – town, Rowan County
* Grantsboro – town, Pamlico County
* Green Level – town, Alamance County
* Greenevers – town, Duplin County
* Greensboro – city, Guilford County
* Greenville – city, Pitt County
* Grifton – town, Pitt County & Lenoir County
* Grimesland – town, Pitt County
* Grover – town, Cleveland County

## H

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* Halifax – town, Halifax County
* Hamilton – town, Martin County
* Hamlet – city, Richmond County
* Harmony – town, Iredell County
* Harrells – town
* Harrellsville – town, Hertford County
* Harrisburg – town, Cabarrus County
* Hassell – town, Martin County
* Havelock – city, Craven County
* Haw River – town, Alamance County
* Hayesville – town, Clay County
* Hemby Bridge – town, Union County
* Henderson – town, Vance County
* Hendersonville – town, Henderson County
* Hertford – town, Perquimans County
* Hickory – city, Catawba County
* High Point – city
* High Shoals – town, Gaston County
* Highlands – town, Macon County
* Hildebran – town, Burke County
* Hillsborough – town, Orange County
* Hobgood – town, Halifax County
* Hoffman – town, Richmond County
* Holden Beach – town, Brunswick County
* Holly Ridge – town, Onslow County
* Holly Springs – town, Wake County
* Hookerton – town, Greene County
* Hope Mills – town, Cumberland County
* Hot Springs – town, Madison County
* Hudson – town, Caldwell County
* Huntersville – town, Mecklenburg County

## I

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* Indian Beach – town, Carteret County
* Indian Trail – town, Union County

## J

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* Jackson – town, Northampton County
* Jacksonville – city, Onslow County
* Jamestown – town, Guilford County
* Jamesville – town, Martin County
* Jefferson – town, Ashe County
* Jonesville – town, Yadkin County

## K

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* Kannapolis – city
* Kelford – town, Bertie County
* Kenansville – town, Duplin County
* Kenly – town
* Kernersville – town, Forsyth County
* Kill Devil Hills – town, Dare County
* King – town, Stokes County
* Kings Mountain – city, Cleveland County & Gaston County
* Kingstown – town, Cleveland County
* Kinston – city, Lenoir County
* Kittrell – village, Vance County
* Kitty Hawk – town, Dare County
* Knightdale – town, Wake County
* Kure Beach – town, New Hanover County

## L

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* La Grange
* Lake Lure
* Lake Park
* Lake Santeetlah
* Lake Waccamaw
* Landis
* Lansing
* Lasker
* Lattimore
* Laurel Park
* Laurinburg – town, Scotland County
* Lawndale
* Leggett
* Leland
* Lenoir – city, Caldwell County
* Lewiston Woodville
* Lewisville
* Lexington – city, Davidson County
* Liberty
* Lilesville
* Lillington
* Lincolnton – city, Lincoln County
* Linden
* Littleton – town, Halifax County
* Locust
* Long View
* Louisburg – town, Franklin County
* Love Valley
* Lowell
* Lucama
* Lumber Bridge
* Lumberton – city, Robeson County

## M

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* Macclesfield
* Macon – town, Warren County
* Madison
* Maggie Valley
* Magnolia
* Maiden – town, Catawba County
* Manteo – town, Dare County
* Marietta
* Marion – town, McDowell County
* Marshville
* Mars Hill – town, Madison County
* Marshall – town, Madison County
* Marvin
* Matthews – town, Mecklenburg County
* Maxton
* Mayodan – town, Rockingham County
* Maysville
* McAdenville
* McDonald
* McFarlan
* Mebane
* Mesic
* Micro – town, Johnston County
* Middleburg – town, Vance County
* Middlesex
* Midland
* Midway
* Mills River
* Milton
* Mineral Springs
* Minnesott Beach
* Mint Hill
* Misenheimer
* Mocksville – town, Davie County
* Momeyer
* Monroe – town, Union County
* Montreat
* Mooresboro
* Mooresville – town, Iredell County
* Morehead City – town, Carteret County
* Morganton – city, Burke County
* Morrisville
* Morven
* Mount Airy – town, Surry County
* Mount Gilead
* Mount Holly
* Mount Olive
* Mount Pleasant
* Murfreesboro – town, Hertford County
* Murphy – town, Cherokee County

## N

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* Nags Head
* Nashville – town, Nash County
* Navassa
* New Bern – city, Craven County
* New London
* Newland – town, Avery County
* Newport
* Newton – city,seat, Catawba County
* Newton Grove
* Norlina – town, Warren County
* Norman
* North Topsail Beach
* North Wilkesboro – town, Wilkes County
* Northwest
* Norwood

## O

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* Oak City
* Oak Island
* Oak Ridge
* Oakboro
* Ocean Isle Beach
* Old Fort
* Oriental
* Orrum
* Ossipee
* Oxford – town, Granville County

## P

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* Pantego
* Parkton
* Parmele
* Patterson Springs
* Peachland
* Peletier
* Pembroke
* Pikeville
* Pilot Mountain
* Pine Knoll Shores – town, Carteret County
* Pine Level
* Pinebluff
* Pinehurst – town, Moore County
* Pinetops – town, Edgecombe County
* Pineville
* Pink Hill
* Pittsboro
* Pleasant Garden
* Plymouth – town, Washington County
* Polkton
* Polkville
* Pollocksville
* Powellsville
* Princeton
* Princeville
* Proctorville

## R

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* Raeford – town, Hoke County
* Raleigh – city, Wake County
* Ramseur
* Randleman
* Ranlo
* Raynham
* Red Cross
* Red Oak – town, Nash County
* Red Springs – town, Robeson County
* Reidsville – city, Rockingham County
* Rennert
* Rhodhiss
* Rich Square
* Richfield
* Richlands
* River Bend
* Roanoke Rapids – city, Halifax County
* Robbins
* Robbinsville
* Robersonville
* Rockingham – city, Richmond County
* Rockwell
* Rocky Mount
* Rolesville – town, Wake County
* Ronda
* Roper
* Rose Hill – city, Duplin County
* Roseboro
* Rosman
* Rowland
* Roxboro – city, Person County
* Roxobel
* Rural Hall
* Ruth
* Rutherford College
* Rutherfordton – town, Rutherford County

## S

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* Salemburg
* Salisbury – town, Rowan County
* Saluda
* Sandy Creek
* Sandyfield
* Sanford – city, Lee County
* Saratoga
* Sawmills
* Scotland Neck – town, Halifax County
* Seaboard
* Seagrove
* Sedalia
* Selma – town, Johnston County
* Seven Devils
* Seven Springs
* Severn
* Shallotte – town, Brunswick County
* Sharpsburg
* Shelby – city, Cleveland County
* Siler City – town, Chatham County
* Simpson
* Sims
* Smithfield
* Snow Hill – town, Greene County
* Southern Pines
* Southern Shores – town, Dare County
* Southport – town, Brunswick County
* Sparta – town, Alleghany County
* Speed
* Spencer
* Spencer Mountain – town, Gaston County
* Spindale
* Spring Hope
* Spring Lake
* Spruce Pine – town, Mitchell County
* St. Helena
* St. James
* St. Pauls – town, Robeson County
* Staley
* Stallings
* Stanfield
* Stanley
* Stantonsburg
* Star
* Statesville – city, Iredell County
* Stedman
* Stem
* Stokesdale
* Stoneville
* Stonewall
* Stovall
* Sugar Mountain
* Summerfield
* Sunset Beach
* Surf City
* Swansboro – town, Onslow County
* Swepsonville
* Sylva – city, Jackson County

## T

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* Tabor City – town, Columbus County
* Tar Heel
* Tarboro – town, Edgecombe County
* Taylorsville – town, Alexander County
* Taylortown
* Teachey
* Thomasville
* Tobaccoville
* Topsail Beach – town, Pender County
* Trent Woods
* Trenton
* Trinity – city, Randolph County
* Troutman
* Troy – town, Montgomery County
* Tryon – town, Polk County
* Turkey

## U

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* Unionville

## V

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* Valdese
* Vanceboro
* Vandemere
* Varnamtown
* Vass
* Vienna

## W

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* Waco
* Wade
* Wadesboro – town, Anson County
* Wagram
* Wake Forest – town, Wake County
* Walkertown
* Wallace
* Wallburg – town, Davidson County
* Walnut Cove
* Walnut Creek
* Walstonburg
* Wanchese – village, Dare County
* Warrenton – town, Warren County
* Warsaw – town, Duplin County
* Washington – city, Beaufort County
* Washington Park
* Watha
* Waxhaw – town, Union County
* Waynesville – city, Haywood County
* Weaverville
* Webster
* Weddington
* Weldon – town, Halifax County
* Wendell – town, Wake County
* Wentworth
* Wesley Chapel
* West Jefferson – town, Ashe County
* Whispering Pines
* Whitakers
* White Lake
* Whiteville – city, Columbus County
* Whitsett
* Wilkesboro – town, Wilkes County
* Williamston
* Wilmington – city, New Hanover County
* Wilson – city, Wilson County
* Wilson's Mills
* Windsor – town, Bertie County
* Winfall
* Wingate
* Winston-Salem – city, Forsyth County
* Winterville
* Winton
* Woodfin
* Woodland
* Wrightsville Beach – town, New Hanover County

## Y

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* Yadkinville – town, Yadkin County
* Yanceyville – town, Caswell County
* Youngsville – town, Franklin County

## Z

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* Zebulon – town, Wake County

## See also

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* North Carolina statistical areas
* List of counties in North Carolina
* List of census-designated places in North Carolina
* List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina

## References

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1. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: North Carolina". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
2. ^ "North Carolina | Capital, Map, History, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
3. ^ "How NC Cities Work". North Carolina League of Municipalities. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
4. ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2023.

## External links

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* North Carolina League of Municipalities

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