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Surry County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- April 1, 1771
- Named after
- Surrey, England
- Seat
- Dobson
- Largest community
- Mount Airy
- Total
- 536.66 sq mi (1,389.9 km )
- Land
- 532.65 sq mi (1,379.6 km )
- Water
- 4.01 sq mi (10.4 km ) 0.75%
- Estimate 2025
- 72,287
- Density
- 133.97/sq mi (51.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .co .surry .nc .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Surrey
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Dobson
- Capital
- Dobson
- Population
- 71359
- Area
- 1393
- Shares border with
- Wilkes County
- Official website
- www.co.surry.nc.us
- Image
- Surry County Courthouse wide shot.jpg
- Households
- 29001
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- Commons category
- Surry County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Surry County, North Carolina
- different from
- Surry County
- inception
- 1770-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Surry County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Surry County
- per capita income
- 26074
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Encyclopedic overview
Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest community is Mount Airy.
Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.