Did you know there are no "county roads" in Onslow County? That's because by state law counties do not own or maintain roads in North Carolina. Roads are maintained by the NC Department of Transportation, by towns and cities, or by individual property owners or associations in the case of private roads. Onslow County’s innovative Orphan Road Loan Fund provides an opportunity for private roads in a state of disrepair to be fixed with the goal of entering them in the NC DOT maintenance system. Lea