North Carolina counties: local moratoria and siting rules

All 100 North Carolina counties. Each county page lists every township, town, city and village in it with its moratorium status and the sources we monitor.

Data last changed Sep 30, 2026 (23:08 UTC) · page regenerated daily, last on Oct 1, 2026

County	Governments	Moratorium in force or adopted	Pending or proposed	Monitored
Alamance County	11	1	0	9
Alexander County	2	0	0	2
Alleghany County	2	0	0	2
Anson County	8	0	0	3
Ashe County	4	0	0	2
Avery County	8	0	0	6
Beaufort County	8	0	1	5
Bertie County	7	0	0	1
Bladen County	8	0	1	3
Brunswick County	19	2	0	12
Buncombe County	7	2	0	7
Burke County	9	1	0	4
Cabarrus County	6	0	0	6
Caldwell County	9	0	0	7
Camden County	1	1	0	1
Carteret County	12	1	0	7
Caswell County	3	0	0	2
Catawba County	9	0	0	6
Chatham County	4	1	0	3
Cherokee County	3	0	0	2
Chowan County	2	0	0	0
Clay County	2	0	0	2
Cleveland County	6	0	0	3
Columbus County	11	1	0	5
Craven County	8	0	0	5
Cumberland County	10	1	0	8
Currituck County	1	0	0	1
Dare County	7	0	0	3
Davidson County	5	0	1	4
Davie County	3	1	0	3
Duplin County	10	0	0	9
Durham County	2	2	0	2
Edgecombe County	9	2	0	7
Forsyth County	11	0	0	10
Franklin County	5	0	0	4
Gaston County	15	0	1	15
Gates County	2	1	0	1
Graham County	4	0	0	2
Granville County	6	0	1	5
Greene County	4	0	0	2
Guilford County	10	1	1	7
Halifax County	7	0	1	3
Harnett County	7	1	0	6
Haywood County	5	2	0	5
Henderson County	6	1	0	4
Hertford County	9	0	0	2
Hoke County	3	0	0	1
Hyde County	1	0	0	0
Iredell County	6	1	0	5
Jackson County	5	1	0	3
Johnston County	12	0	0	12
Jones County	5	0	0	2
Lee County	3	0	0	2
Lenoir County	5	0	0	5
Lincoln County	4	1	0	2
Macon County	3	2	0	1
Madison County	4	1	0	4
Martin County	11	0	0	6
McDowell County	3	1	0	3
Mecklenburg County	9	1	0	9
Mitchell County	3	0	0	2
Montgomery County	7	0	1	4
Moore County	12	0	0	9
Nash County	11	4	0	8
New Hanover County	6	0	0	6
Northampton County	9	1	0	5
Onslow County	7	0	0	7
Orange County	4	2	0	3
Pamlico County	10	0	0	3
Pasquotank County	2	1	0	1
Pender County	7	0	0	5
Perquimans County	3	0	0	1
Person County	2	0	0	0
Pitt County	10	1	0	7
Polk County	4	0	0	4
Randolph County	10	0	0	7
Richmond County	6	0	0	4
Robeson County	16	0	0	7
Rockingham County	7	0	0	3
Rowan County	10	1	0	8
Rutherford County	13	0	0	11
Sampson County	8	0	0	4
Scotland County	3	0	0	2
Stanly County	11	0	0	10
Stokes County	4	0	0	3
Surry County	5	2	0	4
Swain County	2	1	0	1
Transylvania County	3	0	0	2
Tyrrell County	2	0	0	0
Union County	15	1	0	12
Vance County	4	1	0	1
Wake County	13	5	1	10
Warren County	5	1	0	4
Washington County	4	0	0	2
Watauga County	4	2	0	3
Wayne County	7	0	0	4
Wilkes County	4	0	0	3
Wilson County	8	1	0	4
Yadkin County	5	1	0	4
Yancey County	2	0	0	2

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