Editing Haywood County, North Carolina (section)

===Government===
Haywood County is governed by an elected five-member board of commissioners. Each member is popularly-elected to serve a four-year term. The board is responsible for adopting the county budget, setting the local property tax rate, making zoning decisions, and hiring the county attorney and county manager.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/315/Board-of-County-Commissioners| title = Board of County Commissioners| website = Haywood County, North Carolina| publisher = Haywood County Government| access-date = May 26, 2023}}</ref> The county manager oversees county government administration.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/162/County-Manager| title = Office of the County Manager| website = Haywood County, North Carolina| publisher = Haywood County Government| access-date = May 26, 2023}}</ref>

Haywood County is a member of the regional [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Southwestern Commission]] council of governments.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2022 |title=Haywood County, NC |url=https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=www.haywoodcountync.gov}}</ref> It is located in the [[North Carolina Senate]]'s [[North Carolina's 47th Senate district|47th district]], the Senate's [[North Carolina's 50th Senate district|50th district]], the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]' [[North Carolina's 118th House district|118th district]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/haywood| title = Haywood County Representation : 2023-2024 Session| publisher = North Carolina General Assembly| access-date = May 27, 2023}}</ref> and [[North Carolina's 11th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Democratic candidates for US House to debate| newspaper = The McDowell News | pages = A1, A4| date = April 6, 2022| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-mcdowell-news/125669989/}}</ref>

Haywood County contains a small portion of the [[Qualla Boundary]], a tribal reservation for the [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.usetinc.org/nahm/ebci/| title = Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians| date = September 23, 2021| publisher = United South and Eastern Tribes| access-date = May 28, 2023}}</ref>