Nash County
Nash County Board of Commissioners consists of seven members only one
of whom is black, while 38% of the county, as a whole, is African
American. In order to be fully represented, the African American
population would require one more African American Commissioner.
Commissioners are elected from specified districts in staggered
elections to four-year terms. Many of the towns within Nash County are
relatively small: seven out of ten have populations of less than 1,000,
while the three largest ñ Sharpsburg, Red Oak and Nashville ñ all have
populations of less than 4,000. Therefore while the county as whole
could benefit from a workshop, none of the individual cities are large
enough to attract a substantial audience.