Providence Township is one of fourteen
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
, United States. The township had a population of 8,892 according to the
2000 census.
Geographically, Providence Township occupies in southeastern Rowan County. The only incorporated municipality in Providence Township is a large portion of the town
Granite Quarry. The township's northern and eastern boundary is with the
Yadkin River
The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river a ...
and the township contains a portion of
High Rock Lake
High Rock Lake is a reservoir located on the Yadkin River in central North Carolina in the counties of Davidson County, North Carolina, Davidson and Rowan County, North Carolina, Rowan. Built in 1926-27 by the Tallassee Power Company, a wholly o ...
.
Townships in Rowan County, North Carolina
Townships in North Carolina
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