Lincolnton
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city in and county seat of Lincoln County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Lincoln
- Total
- 3.53 sq mi (9.13 km )
- Land
- 3.51 sq mi (9.10 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 469 ft (143 m)
- Density
- 421.2/sq mi (162.61/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-46552
- Gnis feature id
- 0328514
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Official name
- Lincolnton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lincoln County
- Population
- 1480
- Area
- 9.133822
- Elevation
- 143
- Capital of
- Lincoln County
- Official website
- www.cityoflincolnton.com
- Households
- 796
- Dialing code
- 706
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- Commons category
- Lincolnton, Georgia
- postal code
- 30817
- inception
- 1798-00-00
- P8168
- sweat gland
- water as percent of area
- 0.3547
- per capita income
- 18852
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincolnton is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,480 at the 2020 census. It contains numerous houses and historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Both the city and the county were named for General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincolnton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.