Peters Creek Township is one of nine townships in Stokes County, North Carolina

Stokes County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 44,711 people, 17,579 households, and 13,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 99 people per square mile . There were 19,262 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, United States

United States

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. The township had a population of 2,053 according to the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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Geographically, Peters Creek Township occupies 42.37 square miles (109.7 km²) in northern Stokes County. The township's northern border is with the state of Virginia

Virginia

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. There are no incorporated municipalities in Peters Creek Township but there are several unincorporated communities, including Lawsonville

Lawsonville, North Carolina

Lawsonville is an unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States, approximately ten miles north-northwest of the county seat of Danbury, on North Carolina State Highway 8....

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