Practical town guides,
without the digging.
TownManual organizes public town, county, state, and provider information into clear local guides for trash pickup, utilities, property taxes, permits, internet providers, water bills, and move-in basics.
- 1Pick a town
Choose from North Carolina towns with active guides.
- 2Choose a guide
Trash, utilities, property tax, permits, internet, or water.
- 3Verify with official links
Every guide points you back to the town, county, state, or provider source.
Skip the digging, get the answer
TownManual tools turn these guides into one practical answer for your town and your task.
Who Do I Call? City Services Finder
Pick your town and what went wrong — missed trash, recycling week, bulky pickup, water bill, utility setup, permits, or property tax — and get the office to start with, the official source link, what to have ready, and the inside vs outside town-limits branch.
Find your starting point
Three practical entry points depending on why you're here.
I'm moving or setting up service
Utilities, water bills, internet, trash pickup, and town-limits checks.
Start browsing →I need to verify a local task
Permits, tax pages, bill payment, provider pages, and official town or county links.
Start browsing →I'm comparing towns nearby
Browse town manuals and state-level guide collections.
Start browsing →Browse by guide type
Six guide types cover the recurring questions most residents have.
Trash Pickup
Practical source-linked trash pickup guides by town.
Utilities
Practical source-linked utilities guides by town.
Property Tax
Practical source-linked property tax guides by town.
Building Permits
Practical source-linked building permits guides by town.
Water Bill
Practical source-linked water bill guides by town.
Internet Providers
Practical source-linked internet providers guides by town.
Recently checked town guides
A sample of active TownManual pages across the state.
Angier, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Apex, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Benson, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Boiling Spring Lakes, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Burgaw, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Clayton, NC: Trash Pickup
Full TownManual guide with official sources, local rules, FAQs, and verify-before-acting warnings.
Browse towns
Each town hub shows the guides currently available for that community.
Local information, without the runaround
We built TownManual so residents don't have to click through six government pages to find one answer.
Source-linked
Every guide points to the town, county, state, or provider page it references, with a last-checked date on the page.
Address-aware
We call out when the answer depends on whether you're inside town limits, which provider serves your address, or which county you're in.
Built for practical tasks
No news feed. No dashboard. Just clear, printable-feeling pages for the small local tasks that come up when you move or manage a home.