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Caldwell County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Joseph Caldwell
- Seat
- Lenoir
- Largest community
- Lenoir
- Total
- 474.61 sq mi (1,229.2 km )
- Land
- 471.89 sq mi (1,222.2 km )
- Water
- 2.72 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.57%
- Estimate 2025
- 81,105
- Density
- 170.91/sq mi (65.99/km )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .caldwellcountync .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Joseph Caldwell
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Cajah's Mountain
- Capital
- Lenoir
- Population
- 80652
- Area
- 1228
- Shares border with
- Avery County
- Official website
- www.caldwellcountync.org
- Image
- Caldwell County Courthouse in Lenoir 03.jpg
- Households
- 32798
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- Commons category
- Caldwell County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Caldwell County, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Caldwell County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Caldwell County, North Carolina
- different from
- Caldwell Parish
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Caldwell County
- per capita income
- 24666
- number of viewers/listeners
- 275280
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Encyclopedic overview
Caldwell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,652. Its county seat is Lenoir. Caldwell County is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caldwell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.