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Yancey County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Bartlett Yancey
- Seat
- Burnsville
- Largest community
- Burnsville
- Total
- 313.18 sq mi (811.1 km )
- Land
- 312.59 sq mi (809.6 km )
- Water
- 0.59 sq mi (1.5 km ) 0.19%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,084
- Density
- 59.09/sq mi (22.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .yanceycountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Bartlett Yancey
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Burnsville
- Capital
- Burnsville
- Population
- 18470
- Area
- 313
- Shares border with
- McDowell County
- Highest point
- Mount Mitchell
- Official website
- www.yanceycountync.gov
- Image
- Yancey County Courthouse 2014-08-03.jpg
- Households
- 7466
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- Commons category
- Yancey County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Yancey County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Yancey County
- per capita income
- 25767
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Encyclopedic overview
Yancey County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,470. Its county seat is Burnsville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yancey County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.