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Richmond County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- November 10, 1779
- Named after
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
- Seat
- Rockingham
- Largest community
- Rockingham
- Total
- 479.70 sq mi (1,242.4 km )
- Land
- 473.69 sq mi (1,226.9 km )
- Water
- 6.01 sq mi (15.6 km ) 1.25%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,041
- Density
- 90.66/sq mi (35.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .richmondnc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Rockingham
- Capital
- Rockingham
- Population
- 42946
- Area
- 1242
- Shares border with
- Stanly County
- Official website
- www.richmondnc.com
- Image
- RICHMOND COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 18201
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- Commons category
- Richmond County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Richmond County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1779-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Richmond County, North Carolina
- different from
- Richmond
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Richmond County
- topic has template
- Template:Richmond County, North Carolina
- per capita income
- 22068
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Encyclopedic overview
Richmond County is a county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Rockingham. The county was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson County and named in honor of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,946.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richmond County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.