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what we perceived to be a reliable database, the USGS names. I strongly feel that this information has an audience. Merging this information into the county page is probably well beyond the scope of what was intended for counties. Only Surry (just recently by us) and Wake even have comprehensive township pages. Its arguable that the townships don't really belong here either I suppose, as in North
Carolina they have no real authorized use other than for voting precincts (unlike say Pennsylvania where every township has municipal authority). I don't really see a problem here, at least as far as Surry County goes. Users who look for Surry County or one of its towns or unincorporated communities are presented with an easy to navigate means to further read/investigate other place names and their origins in the area. I would be happy to try to reform any of these entries to match a future unincorporated communities guideline. However, if the powers that be here at wikipedia do not approve, we only ask that we be allowed to merge any questioned community into one of the township pages we have created until enough information has been added to again merit a spin-off entry. --
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