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Rutherford County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- April 14, 1779
- Named after
- Griffith Rutherford
- Seat
- Rutherfordton
- Largest community
- Forest City
- Interim county manager
- Bryan King
- Total
- 567.25 sq mi (1,469.2 km )
- Land
- 565.44 sq mi (1,464.5 km )
- Water
- 1.81 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.32%
- Estimate 2025
- 65,745
- Density
- 113.97/sq mi (44.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- rutherfordcountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton. Rutherford County comprises the Forest City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rutherford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.