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Alleghany County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Seat
- Sparta
- Largest community
- Sparta
- Total
- 236.26 sq mi (611.9 km )
- Land
- 234.84 sq mi (608.2 km )
- Water
- 1.42 sq mi (3.7 km ) 0.60%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,479
- Density
- 46.36/sq mi (17.90/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .alleghanycounty-nc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Allegheny Mountains
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Sparta
- Capital
- Sparta
- Population
- 10888
- Area
- 610
- Shares border with
- Ashe County
- Official website
- www.alleghanycounty-nc.gov
- Image
- Alleghany County Courthouse Sparta NC.jpg
- Households
- 5001
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- different from
- Allegan County
- Commons category
- Alleghany County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Alleghany County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Alleghany County
- inception
- 1859-00-00
- per capita income
- 26026
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Encyclopedic overview
Alleghany County (/ˌælɪˈɡeɪni/ AL-ig-AY-nee) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 10,888 at the 2020 census. Its county seat is Sparta.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alleghany County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.