Mangum Township is one of six
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Durham County, North Carolina
Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 324,833, making it the sixth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Durham, which is the only incorporated mu ...
, United States. The township had a population of 5,821 according to the
2000 census.
Geographically, Mangum Township occupies in northern Durham County. The township contains small portions of the city of
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
, as well as the unincorporated communities of
Bahama
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and
Rougemont.
It includes a portion of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons
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Federal Correctional Complex, Butner
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.
References
Townships in Durham County, North Carolina
Townships in North Carolina
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