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Anson County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- George Anson, Baron Anson
- Seat
- Wadesboro
- Largest community
- Wadesboro
- Total
- 537.10 sq mi (1,391.1 km )
- Land
- 531.46 sq mi (1,376.5 km )
- Water
- 5.64 sq mi (14.6 km ) 1.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,758
- Density
- 41.5/sq mi (16.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .co .anson .nc .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,055. Its county seat is Wadesboro.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.