Morehead Township is a rural, non-functioning county subdivision established in 1868 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States.. The population at the 2010 census was 195,218.

History

Morehead Township was created as an administrative division of Guilford County in 1868, as required by the North Carolina Constitution as re-written in 1868.

Other facts

• Metro Area: Greensboro Area
• ZIP Codes: 27235, 27265, 27282, 27358, 27401, 27403, 27405, 27406, 27407, 27408, 27409, 27410, 27455
• Unified School District: Guilford County
• Congressional Districts: NC-6, NC-12
• State Senate Districts: NC-26, NC-27, NC-28
• State House Districts: NC-57, NC-58, NC-59, NC-60, NC-61, NC-62

Neighboring Townships:

• Bruce
• Center Grove
• Deep River
• Fentress
• Friendship
• Gilmer,
• Jamestown
• Monroe
• Sumner

Nearby Townships:

• Abbotts Creek
• Abbotts Creek
• Belews Creek

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	2,104		—
1880	2,699		28.3%
1890	2,331		−13.6%
1900	6,802		191.8%
1910	12,340		81.4%
1920	17,621		42.8%
1930	31,225		77.2%
1940	36,800		17.9%
1950	52,728		43.3%
1960	70,689		34.1%
1970	91,177		29.0%
1980	102,082		12.0%
1990	129,955		27.3%
2000	165,130		27.1%
2010	195,218		18.2%

• Clay
• High Point
• Jefferson
• Kernersville
• Level Cross
• Madison
• Oak Ridge