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Ashe County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Samuel Ashe
- Seat
- Jefferson
- Largest community
- Jefferson
- Total
- 429.37 sq mi (1,112.1 km )
- Land
- 426.26 sq mi (1,104.0 km )
- Water
- 3.11 sq mi (8.1 km ) 0.72%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,514
- Density
- 62.35/sq mi (24.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .ashecountygov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Samuel Ashe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- West Jefferson
- Capital
- Jefferson
- Population
- 26577
- Area
- 1105
- Shares border with
- Johnson County
- Official website
- www.ashecountygov.com
- Image
- Ashe County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 11885
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- Commons category
- Ashe County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1799-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Ashe County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Ashe County
- different from
- Asheville
- per capita income
- 25282
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashe County (/ˈæʃ/ ASH) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 26,577 at the 2020 census. Its county seat is Jefferson.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.