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Vance County
Also known as Vance County, North Carolina, Vance County, NC
county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Zebulon Baird Vance
- Seat
- Henderson
- Largest community
- Henderson
- Total
- 268.69 sq mi (695.9 km )
- Land
- 252.40 sq mi (653.7 km )
- Water
- 16.29 sq mi (42.2 km ) 6.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,638
- Density
- 168.69/sq mi (65.133/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
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Vance County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,578. Its county seat is Henderson. Vance County comprises the Henderson, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
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