Directory of ICMA-Recognized Local Governments for North Carolina

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1 ICMA-RECOGNIZED JURISDICTIONS
Local Government Population Form of Recognition Year of Recognition Chief Administrative Officer
Albemarle Commission 173,209 G 1996 Ashley Stallings
Centralina Council of Governments G 1970 Ms. Geraldine Gardner, AICP
City of Albemarle 16,432 C 1962 Mr. Darren Rhodes
City of Archdale 11,907 C 1986 Mr. Zeb Holden, CZO, AICP
City of Asheboro 27,156 C 1942 Mr. John Ogburn, ICMA-CM
City of Asheville 94,589 C 1931 Ms. Debra Campbell
City of Belmont 15,010 C 1963 Mr. Miles Braswell
City of Bessemer City 5,428 C 1974 Mr. Joshua Ross, MPA
City of Boiling Spring Lakes 5,943 C 2003 Ms. Linda Merry
City of Brevard 7,744 C 1959 Mr. Wilson Hooper, MPA
City of Burlington 57,303 C 1945 Mr. Craig Honeycutt, MPA
City of Charlotte 874,579 C 1929 Mr. Marcus Jones
City of Cherryville 6,078 C 1965 Ms. Kelly Sellers
City of Claremont 1,692 C 1982 Mr. Jason Brown, MPA
City of Clinton 8,383 C 1957 James Duncan
City of Concord 105,240 C 1965 Mr. Lloyd Payne, ICMA-CM
City of Conover 8,421 C 1974 Mr. Tom Hart, MPA, ICMA-CM
City of Dunn 8,446 C 1949 Mr. Mathew Boone, BA
City of Durham 283,506 C 1921 Ms. Wanda Page, ICMA-CM
City of Eden 15,421 C 1968 Mr. Jon Mendenhall
City of Elizabeth City 18,631 C 1923 Mr. Montre Freeman, MPA, JD
City of Fayetteville 208,501 C 1949 Mr. Douglas Hewett, ICMA-CM
City of Gastonia 80,411 C 1919 Mr. Michael Peoples, ICMA-CM
City of Goldsboro 33,657 C 1917 Timothy Salmon
City of Graham 17,157 C 1955 Ms. Megan Garner, MPA
City of Greensboro 299,035 C 1921 Taiwo Jaiyeoba, MS
City of Greenville 87,521 C 1953 Ms. Ann Wall, ICMA-CM
City of Hamlet 6,025 C 1971 Mr. Matthew Christian, MPA
City of Havelock 16,621 C 2000 Mr. Christopher McGee, MPA, PE
City of Henderson 15,060 C 1965 Mr. Edward Blackmon, MBA
City of Hendersonville 15,137 C 1980 Mr. John Connet, MPA
City of Hickory 43,490 C 1913 Mr. Warren Wood
City of High Point 114,059 C 1915 Ms. Tasha Logan Ford, ICMA-CM
City of Jacksonville 72,723 C 1953 Mr. Joshua Ray, MPA
City of Kannapolis 53,114 C 1986 Mr. Michael Legg
City of King 7,197 C 1996 Ms. Tamara Hatley
City of Kings Mountain 11,142 C 1991 Mr. James Palenick, MPA
City of Kinston 19,900 C 1948 Ms. Carol Barwick
City of Laurinburg 14,978 C 1951 Mr. Charles Nichols
City of Lenoir 18,352 C 1964 Mr. Scott Hildebran
City of Lexington 19,632 C 1935 Mr. Johnnie Taylor
City of Lincolnton 11,091 C 1982 Ritchie Haynes, BS
City of Lumberton 19,025 C 1949 Mr. Thomas Horne
City of Marion 7,717 C 1949 Mr. J. Boyette, ICMA-CM
City of Monroe 34,562 C 1949 Ms. Bridgette Robinson
City of Morganton 17,474 C 1913 Ms. Sally Sandy
City of Mount Airy 10,676 C 1961 Darren Lewis
City of Mount Holly 17,703 C 1958 Ms. Amy Miller
City of New Bern 31,291 C 1947 Mr. Foster Hughes
City of Newton 13,148 C 1950 Mr. Jonathan Franklin, MPA
City of North Topsail Beach 1,005 C 1999 Ms. Alice Derian, ICMA-CM
City of Oxford 8,628 C 1949 Ms. Barbara Rote
City of Raeford 4,559 C 1963 Mr. Raymond Teal
City of Raleigh 467,665 C 1947 Ms. Marchell Adams-David
City of Randleman 4,595 C 2002 Mrs. Nicole Belgarde
City of Reidsville 14,583 C 1921 Summer Woodard, MPA
City of Roanoke Rapids 15,229 C 1966 Ms. Kelly Traynham, MPA
City of Rockingham 9,243 C 1971 Mr. Monty Crump
City of Rocky Mount 54,341 C 1927 Mr. Keith Rogers, MPA
City of Roxboro 8,134 C 1928 Mr. Brooks Lockhart
City of Salisbury 35,540 C 1927 Mr. James Greene
City of Sanford 30,261 C 1949 Mr. Phillip Hegwer, PE
City of Shelby 21,918 C 1963 Mr. James Howell, MPA
City of Southport 3,971 C 1955 Mr. Gordon Hargrove
City of Statesville 28,419 C 1949 Mr. Ronald Smith
City of Thomasville 27,183 C 1915 Mr. Michael Brandt, AICP, ICMA-CM
City of Washington 9,875 C 1952 Mr. Jonathan Russell, ICMA-CM, MPA
City of Whiteville 4,766 C 1947 Mr. Darren Currie
City of Wilmington 115,451 C 1941 Mr. Anthony Caudle
City of Wilson 47,851 C 1933 Mr. Grant Goings
City of Winston-Salem 249,545 C 1948 Mr. William Pate, ICMA-CM
County of Alamance 171,415 C 1973 Ms. Heidi York, ICMA-CM, MPA
County of Anson 22,055 C 1962 Mr. Leonard Sossamon
County of Ashe 26,577 C 1998 Mr. Adam Stumb, MPA, AICP
County of Beaufort 44,652 C 1976 Mr. Brian Alligood
County of Bertie 17,934 G 1976 Mr. James Scarborough, MPA
County of Bladen 29,606 C 1983 Mr. Gregory Martin
County of Brunswick 136,693 G 1983
County of Buncombe 269,452 C 1992 Mrs. Avril Pinder, CGMA, CPA, ICMA-CM
County of Burke 87,570 G 1973 Mr. Brian Epley, CBEP
County of Cabarrus 225,804 G 1971 Mr. Michael Downs, BS
County of Caldwell 80,652 C 1967 Mr. Donald Duncan, ICMA-CM
County of Camden 10,355 C 1998 Mr. Michael Brillhart
County of Carteret 67,686 C 1981
County of Caswell 22,736 G 1977 Mr. Bryan Miller, MBA
County of Catawba 160,610 C 1937 Ms. Mary Furtado, MPA
County of Chowan 13,708 G 1978
County of Cleveland 99,519 C 1964 Mrs. Kerri Melton
County of Columbus 50,623 G 1983 Mr. Edwin Madden, MPA
County of Craven 100,720 G 1980
County of Cumberland 334,728 G 1976 Mr. Clarence Grier, ICMA-CM, CPA, CGMA
County of Currituck 28,100 G 1976 Mr. Ben Stikeleather, MPA
County of Davidson 168,930 C 1953 Mr. Casey Smith
County of Davie 42,712 C 1998 Mr. Brian Barnett, CBO, MPA, CGFO
County of Duplin 48,715 C 1997 Mr. Michael Aldridge
County of Durham 324,833 C 1930 Mrs. Kimberly Sowell, Ph.D. Candidate, BS, MS
County of Edgecombe 48,900 C 1998
County of Forsyth 382,590 C 1956
County of Franklin 68,573 C 1987
County of Gaston 227,943 C 1957 Dr. Kimberly Eagle, MCRP, MPA, Ph.D.
County of Granville 60,992 C 1985 Mr. Drew Cummings
County of Greene 20,451 C 2003 Mr. Kyle DeHaven, MBA
County of Guilford 541,299 C 1942 Mr. Michael Halford
County of Halifax 48,622 C 1999
County of Harnett 133,568 C 2000 Mr. Brent Trout
County of Henderson 116,281 C 2004 Mr. Steven Wyatt
County of Hertford 21,552 C 1959 Mr. David Cotton
County of Hoke 52,082 G 1972 Ms. Linda Revels
County of Iredell 186,693 C 1963 Ms. Beth Mull
County of Johnston 215,999 C 1998 Mr. Rick Hester, MPA
County of Lee 63,285 C 1998 Mrs. Jennifer Gamble
County of Lincoln 86,810 C 1990 Davin Madden
County of Macon 37,014 C 1999
County of Martin 22,031 C 2011 Mrs. Cindy Ange
County of McDowell 44,578 G 1971 Mr. Ashley Wooten, ICMA-CM
County of Mecklenburg 1,115,482 C 1962 Ms. Dena Diorio, MPA
County of Montgomery 25,751 C 2006 Mr. Matthew Woodard
County of Moore 99,727 G 1984
County of Nash 94,970 C 1985 Mr. Zee Lamb
County of New Hanover 225,702 C 1966 Mr. Chris Coudriet, MPA, ICMA-CM
County of Northampton 17,471 C 1962 Ms. Kimberly Turner
County of Onslow 204,576 C 1972 Ms. Sharon Griffin
County of Orange 148,696 C 1982 Ms. Bonnie Hammersley
County of Pamlico 12,276 C 1998
County of Pender 60,203 C 1998 Mr. Chadwick McEwen, MPA
County of Person 39,097 C 1985 Mrs. Katherine Cathey, MPA, SHRM-SCP, IPMA-SCP
County of Pitt 170,243 G 1971 Mr. Michael Taylor
County of Polk 19,328 C 1998 Mr. David Pittman, MS
County of Richmond 42,946 C 1972
County of Robeson 116,530 C 1930
County of Rockingham 91,096 C 1957 Mr. Lance Metzler, ICMA-CM
County of Rutherford 64,444 G
County of Sampson 59,036 G 1976
County of Scotland 34,174 C 1964 Mrs. Ann Kurtzman
County of Stanly 62,504 C 1976 Mr. Andrew Lucas, MPA
County of Stokes 44,520 G 1977 Mr. Richard Morris
County of Surry 71,359 C 1973
County of Transylvania 32,986 C 2000 Ms. Jaime Laughter, AICP, ICMA-CM
County of Union 238,267 C 1965
County of Vance 42,578 C 1995 Chiquieta Perry
County of Wake 1,129,410 C 1965 Mr. David Ellis, ICMA-CM
County of Warren 18,642 G 1985 Mr. Barry Mayo
County of Washington 11,003 G 1981 Mr. Curtis Potter
County of Watauga 54,086 G 1977 Ms. Anita Fogle
County of Wayne 117,333 C 1998
County of Wilkes 65,969 G 1976
County of Wilson 78,784 G 1971
County of Yadkin 37,214 G 1976 Ms. Lisa Hughes, MPA
Land-Of-Sky Regional Council G 1978
Lumber River Council of Governments G 1978 Mr. David Richardson, JD, MBA
Montgomery County Library C 2006
Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC) G 1970 Mr. Matthew Dolge
Region L-Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments G 1972 Mr. Greg Godard
Region P-Eastern Carolina Council of Governments G 1972
Town of Ahoskie 4,891 C 1957 Mr. Kirk Rogers
Town of Angier 5,265 C 1990 Elizabeth Krige, MPA
Town of Apex 58,780 C 1976 Catherine Crosby, ICMA-CM
Town of Atlantic Beach 1,364 C 1994 Mr. David Walker
Town of Ayden 4,977 C 1959 Mr. Scott Howard, MBA
Town of Badin 2,024 C 1999 Mr. Jay Almond
Town of Beaufort 4,464 C 1997 Mr. Everette Clark, MPA
Town of Beech Mountain 675 C 1988 Ms. Reba Greene
Town of Belhaven 1,410 C 1964 Mr. Elwood Jarvis
Town of Benson 3,967 C 1964 Mrs. Kimberly Pickett, MPA
Town of Beulaville 1,116 C 1999 Mrs. Lori Williams
Town of Biltmore Forest 1,409 G 1983 Mr. Jonathan Kanipe, ICMA-CM
Town of Black Mountain 8,426 C 1951 Mr. Joshua Harrold, ICMA-CM
Town of Blowing Rock 1,376 C 2000 Mr. Billy Fox
Town of Boone 19,092 C 1979 Ms. Amy Davis
Town of Canton 4,422 C 1959 Mr. James Smathers
Town of Carolina Beach 6,564 C 1949 Mr. Bruce Oakley
Town of Carolina Shores 4,588 G 2020 Mr. Chad Hicks, MS
Town of Carrboro 21,295 C 1973 Ms. Marie Parker
Town of Carthage 2,775 C 1998 Emily Yopp, MBA
Town of Cary 174,721 C 1961 Mr. Sean Stegall, CEO
Town of Chadbourn 1,574 C 1972 Ms. Patricia Garrell
Town of Chapel Hill 61,960 C 1922 Mr. Maurice Jones
Town of Clayton 26,307 C 1983 Mr. Rich Cappola, CFM, MPA, PE
Town of Cornelius 31,412 G 1984 Mr. Andrew Grant, ICMA-CM
Town of Drexel 1,760 C 1976 Mr. William Carroll, MPA
Town of Edenton 4,460 C 1990 Ms. Anne-Marie Knighton
Town of Elizabethtown 3,296 G 1982 Mr. Dane Rideout, ICMA-CM
Town of Elkin 4,122 C 1990 Mr. Brent Cornelison, CA
Town of Elon 11,336 C 1991 Mr. Richard Roedner, MPPA
Town of Enfield 1,865 C 1990 Mr. M'Bechi Davis, MPA
Town of Erwin 4,542 C 1968 Mr. MacDonald Bowden
Town of Fairmont 2,191 C 1975 Mr. Jerome Chestnut, CZO
Town of Farmville 4,461 G 1977 Mr. David Hodgkins, ICMA-CM
Town of Fletcher 7,987 C 2000 Mr. Mark Biberdorf
Town of Forest City 7,377 G 1970 Mr. John Condrey
Town of Franklinton 2,456 C 1985 Mr. Zachary Steffey, MPA, ICMA-CM, AICP
Town of Fuquay-Varina 34,152 C 1933 Mr. Adam Mitchell, ICMA-CM, MBA
Town of Garner 31,159 C 1957 Mr. Rodney Dickerson
Town of Gibsonville 8,920 C 1973 Mr. Robert Baxley
Town of Granite Falls 4,965 C 1974 Mr. Daniel Cobb, CZO, AICP, CFM
Town of Haw River 2,252 C 1998 Mr. Jeffrey Earp
Town of Hillsborough 9,660 C 1992 Mr. Eric Peterson
Town of Holden Beach 921 C 1991 Mr. David Hewett
Town of Holly Springs 41,239 C 2002 Mr. Randy Harrington, MPA
Town of Hope Mills 17,808 C 1982 Mr. Chancer Mclaughlin
Town of Hudson 3,780 C 1984 Mr. Jonathan Greer, MPA
Town of Huntersville 61,376 C 1999 Mr. Anthony Roberts
Town of Jonesville 2,308 C 1994 Mr. Tim Gwyn
Town of Kenly 1,491 C 1985 Mr. Kenneth Thompson
Town of Kernersville 26,449 C 1965 Mr. Curtis Swisher
Town of Kill Devil Hills 7,656 C 1977 Mrs. Debora Diaz
Town of Lake Lure 1,365 C 1992 Mr. William Perkins, ICMA-CM
Town of Lake Waccamaw 1,296 C 2004 Mr. Mike Prostinak
Town of Leland 22,908 C 2001 Mr. David Hollis, PE
Town of Lewisville 13,381 C 1992 Mr. James Ayers, ICMA-CM
Town of Lillington 4,735 C 1998 Mr. Joseph Jeffries
Town of Long View 5,088 C 1993 James Cozart
Town of Louisburg 3,064 C 1975
Town of Madison 2,129 C 1961 Ms. Lannette Johnson
Town of Maiden 3,736 C 1974 Mr. Todd Herms, ICMA-CM
Town of Manteo 1,600 C 1998 Ms. Melissa Dickerson, CFM, CZO
Town of Maxton 2,110 C 1997 Mrs. Myra Tyndall
Town of Mayodan 2,418 C 1976 Melessa Hopper
Town of Mint Hill 26,450 G 1979 Mr. Brian Welch
Town of Mocksville 5,900 C 1994 Mr. Kenneth Gamble, MPA
Town of Mooresville 50,193 C 1950 Mr. Randall Hemann, ICMA-CM, MPA
Town of Morehead City 9,556 C 1967 Ms. Jeanne Giblin
Town of Morrisville 29,630 C 1989 Mr. Brandon Zuidema, MS
Town of Mount Gilead 1,171 C 2004 Mr. Hiram Marziano, CFM, MPA
Town of Nags Head 3,168 C 1976 Mr. Andy Garman, ICMA-CM
Town of Nashville 5,632 C 1980 Mr. Randy Lansing
Town of North Wilkesboro 4,382 C 1976 Ms. V Kay Minton
Town of Oak Island 8,396 C 1975 Mr. David Kelly
Town of Pembroke 2,823 C 1979 Mr. Tyler Thomas, MPA
Town of Pikeville 712 C 2014
Town of Pineville 10,602 C 1965 Mr. Ryan Spitzer, ICMA-CM
Town of Pittsboro 4,537 C 1974 Ms. Alice Lloyd
Town of Plymouth 3,320 C 1966 Mr. Christopher Layton, MPA
Town of Princeville 1,254 C 1993 Mr. Byron Ellis
Town of Red Springs 3,087 C 1974 Mrs. Barbara Bounds
Town of River Bend 2,902 C 2010 Mr. Delane Jackson, MPA
Town of Scotland Neck 1,640 G 1986 Mr. Charles Baisey
Town of Selma 6,317 C 1962 Steven Hicks
Town of Seven Devils 313 C 1983 Ms. Karen Daniels
Town of Shallotte 4,185 G 1997 Mr. Albert Hughes
Town of Siler City 7,702 C 1970 Henry Raper, Esq
Town of Smithfield 11,292 C 1966 Mr. Michael Scott
Town of Southern Pines 15,545 C 1953 Mr. Reagan Parsons, ICMA-CM
Town of Southern Shores 3,090 G 1990 Mr. Cliff Ogburn, ICMA-CM
Town of Spencer 3,308 C 1958 Mr. Peter Franzese
Town of Spindale 4,225 C 1994 Mr. G. Webber
Town of Spring Lake 11,660 C 1979 Rhonda Webb
Town of Stoneville 1,308 C 1984 Ms. Marilyn Smith
Town of Tarboro 10,721 C 1955 Mr. Troy Lewis, MPA
Town of Taylorsville 2,320 C 2001 Mr. David Odom
Town of Topsail Beach 461 C 1992 Mr. Doug Shipley, M.Ed., BA
Town of Troy 2,850 C 1980 Mr. Karl Zephir, MPA, ICMA-CM
Town of Tryon 1,562 C 1931 Mr. James Fatland, CPFO
Town of Valdese 4,689 C 1932 Mr. Bryan Duckworth
Town of Wadesboro 5,008 C 1957 Mr. David Edwards, MPA
Town of Wake Forest 47,601 C 1972 Mr. Kipling Padgett, CPM, ICMA-CM
Town of Wallace 3,413 G 1985 Robert Taylor, CPA
Town of Warrenton 851 C 1966 Mr. Robert Davie
Town of Waynesville 10,140 C 1981 Mr. Robert Hites
Town of Weaverville 4,567 C 1988 Ms. Selena Coffey, ICMA-CM, MPA
Town of Wendell 9,793 C 1953 Mr. Marvin Collins, ICMA-CM
Town of Wilkesboro 3,687 C 2006 Mr. Kenneth Noland, ICMA-CM
Town of Winterville 10,462 C 2000 Ms. Terri Parker, MBA
Town of Woodfin 7,936 G 1993 Mr. Eric Hardy, MBA
Town of Wrightsville Beach 2,473 C 1987 Mr. Timothy Owens
Town of Zebulon 6,903 C 1980 Joe Moore, MPA, PE
Triangle J Council of Governments G 1976 Mr. Edwin Worsley
Union County Government C Mr. Brian Matthews, AICP
Village of Bald Head Island 268 C 1998 Mr. Kevin McCall
Village of Clemmons 21,163 C 1999 Mrs. Amy Flyte, MPA, CZO
Village of Pinehurst 17,581 C 1983 Jeffrey Sanborn, MBA
Village of Sugar Mountain 371 G 1990 Mr. Bill Daniels
Western Piedmont Council of Governments G 1972 Mr. Anthony Starr, ICMA-CM, AICP
Population based on 2011 Census.
C = Council Manager Position    G = General Management Position
Chief Administrative Officers with linked names are ICMA members

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