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North Carolina is no exception to that rule, but it does have townships as minor geographical subdivisions of counties, including both unincorporated territory and also land within the bounds of incorporated cities and towns ( as well as the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities ).

Every county is divided into townships as mandated since the North Carolina Constitution of 1868.

Some urbanized counties such as Mecklenburg County ( Charlotte ) now number their townships ( i. e. " Township 12 ") rather than using names.

Townships all over the state used to have some official organization and duties but now are only considered ceremonial divisions of each county.

Township names are still used quite extensively at the county government level in North Carolina as a way of determining and dividing up areas for administrative purposes ; primarily for collecting county taxes, determining fire districts, for real estate purposes such as categorizing land deeds, land surveys and other real estate documents, and for voter registration purposes.

In most areas of North Carolina that are outside of any municipal limit ( outside cities or towns ), townships are used to determine voter polling places, and in most instances county election boards divide up their voter precincts by township.

However, there is no government per se at the township level in North Carolina, and there are no elected or appointed offices associated with townships.