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Alexander County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- William Julius Alexander
- Seat
- Taylorsville
- Largest community
- Bethlehem
- Total
- 263.64 sq mi (682.8 km )
- Land
- 259.99 sq mi (673.4 km )
- Water
- 3.65 sq mi (9.5 km ) 1.39%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,958
- Density
- 140.17/sq mi (54.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- alexandercountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 36444
- Area
- 682
- Official website
- alexandercountync.gov
- Image
- Brushy Mountains-27527-1.jpg
- Households
- 14049
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- Commons category
- Alexander County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1847-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Alexander County
- per capita income
- 27446
- number of viewers/listeners
- 271379
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Alexander County is a county established in the U.S. state of North Carolina in 1847. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,444. Its county seat is Taylorsville. Alexander County is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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