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Rutherford County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- April 14, 1779
- Named after
- Griffith Rutherford
- Seat
- Rutherfordton
- Largest community
- Forest City
- Interim county manager
- Bryan King
- Total
- 567.25 sq mi (1,469.2 km )
- Land
- 565.44 sq mi (1,464.5 km )
- Water
- 1.81 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.32%
- Estimate 2025
- 65,745
- Density
- 113.97/sq mi (44.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- rutherfordcountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Lake Lure
- Capital
- Rutherfordton
- Population
- 64444
- Area
- 1466
- Shares border with
- Polk County
- Official website
- rutherfordcountync.gov
- Image
- Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina (2019).jpg
- Households
- 27525
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rutherford County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Rutherford County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Rutherford County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1779-01-01
- different from
- Rutherford County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Rutherford County
- per capita income
- 24308
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Encyclopedic overview
Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton. Rutherford County comprises the Forest City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rutherford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.