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Lincoln County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Seat
- Lincolnton
- Largest community
- Lincolnton
- Total
- 304.87 sq mi (789.6 km )
- Land
- 295.85 sq mi (766.2 km )
- Water
- 9.02 sq mi (23.4 km ) 2.96%
- Estimate 2025
- 98,654
- Density
- 293.4/sq mi (113.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- www .lincolncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Lincolnton
- Capital
- Lincolnton
- Population
- 86810
- Area
- 795
- Shares border with
- Burke County
- Official website
- www.lincolncountync.gov
- Image
- Lincoln County Courthouse (Lincolnton, North Carolina).jpg
- Households
- 33621
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lincoln County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Lincoln County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1778-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3
- native label
- Lincoln County
- different from
- Lincoln
- website account on
- Nextdoor
- per capita income
- 33197
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,810, making it the most populous "Lincoln County" in the United States. Its county seat is Lincolnton. Lincoln County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.