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Caldwell County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Joseph Caldwell
- Seat
- Lenoir
- Largest community
- Lenoir
- Total
- 474.61 sq mi (1,229.2 km )
- Land
- 471.89 sq mi (1,222.2 km )
- Water
- 2.72 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.57%
- Estimate 2025
- 81,105
- Density
- 170.91/sq mi (65.99/km )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .caldwellcountync .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Caldwell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,652. Its county seat is Lenoir. Caldwell County is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caldwell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.