NEWCOMER'S GUIDE TO HENDERSON AND VANCE COUNTY
College: Vance-Granville Community College 252-492-2061
Emergency: Ambulance 911
Fire Department 911
Police Department 911
Rape Crisis Center 911
Rescue Squad 911
Sheriff's Department 911
Employment: NC Employment Security Commission 252-438-6129
Licenses: Auto Tags 252-438-3528
Driver's License 252-438-8930
Medical: Maria Parham Medical Center 252-438-4143
County Health Department 252-492-7915
Mental Health Clinic 252-492-4011
Newspaper: The Daily Dispatch 252-436-2700
Post Office: US Post Office 252-438-6752
Public Library: H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library 252-438-3316
Schools: Vance County Board of Education 252-492-2127
Tax Listings: Vance County Court House 252-738-2040
Telegraph: Western Union 252-492-8407
Telephone: EMBARQ 800-733-9045
NCOL.NET 252-492-4317
Transportation: Greyhound Bus Lines 252-438-3223
Greyhound- Toll free 800-231-2222
Amtrak 800-872-7245
Utilities : Water/Trash-City of Henderson 252-430-5740
Trash-Vance County-Waste Industries 252-438-5333
Electricity-Progress Energy 800-452-2777
Natural Gas-PSNC Energy 252-431-3400
Cable-Time Warner Cable 866-489-2669
Voter Registration: Board of Elections 252-492-3730
Real Estate/Property Tax Rate: $.93 per $100 assessed value County
$.585 per $100 assessed value City
Must be filed in January-Tax due in September
revised 8/22/08