Swain County

Board of Commissioners meets

First Tuesday at 5:30 PM (work session) and third Tuesday at 5:30 PM (regular session).

Meeting location

3rd Floor, Swain County Administration Building, 50 Main Street, Suite 301, Bryson City, NC 28713.

Register of Deeds

Diana Kirkland · 828.488.9273 · swainrod@hotmail.com

Agendas posted at

https://www.swaincountync.gov/commissioners/

Chair (directly elected countywide)

Board of Commissioners, 5 members: a Chairman elected directly and countywide (a confirmed exception to the board-selects-its-own-chair pattern used by most NC counties — the same pattern seen in Buncombe County), plus 4 Commissioners elected to staggered four-year terms. Board selects its Vice Chair. Chair: Jay Kirkland. Vice Chair: Tanner Lawson.

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.