Enhance the ability of local governments to successfully improve the quality of life or area citizens: Leadership in technical assistance, planning, program management and development and public-private partnerships.
The county is divided into ten townships: Bear Grass, Cross Roads, Goose Nest, Griffins, Hamilton, Jamesville, Popular Point, Robersonville, Willaims and Williamston.
The county is divided into seventeen townships: Arthur, Ayden, Belvoir, Bethel, Black Jack, Stokes, Chicod, Falkland, Farmville, Fountain, Greenville, Grifton, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Swift Creek and Winterville.