Non-Emergency Numbers

Geographic Information Systems

Online Services

Planning & Development

Finance

Privacy Policy

Community Links

Contact Web Administrator

Tax Office

Senior Center

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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August 2025

July 2025

Alexander County, North Carolina

	Title / URL	Issues
	Non-Emergency Numbersalexandercountync.gov/numbers/	2
	Geographic Information Systemsalexandercountync.gov/departments/gis/	2
	Online Servicesalexandercountync.gov/online-services/	2
	Planning & Developmentalexandercountync.gov/departments/planning/	2
	Financealexandercountync.gov/departments/finance/	2
	Privacy Policyalexandercountync.gov/privacy-policy/	2
	Community Linksalexandercountync.gov/community-links/	2
	Contact Web Administratoralexandercountync.gov/web-administrator/	2
	Tax Officealexandercountync.gov/departments/tax-office/	2
	Senior Centeralexandercountync.gov/senior-center/	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Alexander County, North Carolina

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