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Avery County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Waightstill Avery
- Seat
- Newland
- Largest community
- Banner Elk
- Total
- 247.51 sq mi (641.0 km )
- Land
- 247.34 sq mi (640.6 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,110
- Density
- 72.04/sq mi (27.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .averycountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Newland
- Capital
- Newland
- Population
- 17806
- Area
- 640
- Shares border with
- Watauga County
- Official website
- www.averycountync.gov
- Image
- Avery County Courthouse in Newland.jpg
- Households
- 6569
Show 7 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Avery County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.06
- native label
- Avery County
- Commons category
- Avery County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- per capita income
- 24036
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Avery County, North Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. The county seat is Newland. The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed, but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912. Founded in 1911, it is the youngest of North Carolina's 100 counties.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avery County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.