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Richmond County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- November 10, 1779
- Named after
- Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
- Seat
- Rockingham
- Largest community
- Rockingham
- Total
- 479.70 sq mi (1,242.4 km )
- Land
- 473.69 sq mi (1,226.9 km )
- Water
- 6.01 sq mi (15.6 km ) 1.25%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,041
- Density
- 90.66/sq mi (35.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .richmondnc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Richmond County is a county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Rockingham. The county was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson County and named in honor of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,946.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richmond County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.