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Harnett County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Cornelius Harnett
- Seat
- Lillington
- Largest community
- Anderson Creek
- Total
- 601.22 sq mi (1,557.2 km )
- Land
- 594.93 sq mi (1,540.9 km )
- Water
- 6.29 sq mi (16.3 km ) 1.05%
- Estimate 2025
- 150,137
- Density
- 224.51/sq mi (86.68/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .harnett .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cornelius Harnett
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Lillington
- Capital
- Lillington
- Population
- 133568
- Area
- 1557
- Shares border with
- Johnston County
- Official website
- www.harnett.org
- Image
- Harnett County Courthouse (cropped).jpg
- Households
- 46525
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- Commons category
- Harnett County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Harnett County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Harnett County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Harnett County
- social media followers
- 1995
- per capita income
- 24693
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Encyclopedic overview
Harnett County (/ˈhɑːrnɪt/ HAR-nit) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,568. Its county seat is Lillington; its largest community is Anderson Creek. Harnett County is part of the Anderson Creek, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harnett County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.