Wilkes County

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wilkes_County
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:county
gptkbp:area 757 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Alexander_County
gptkb:Watauga_County
gptkb:Surry_County
gptkb:Yadkin_County
gptkb:Iredell_County
gptkb:Alleghany_County
gptkb:Ashe_County
gptkb:Caldwell_County
gptkbp:congressionalDistrict gptkb:5th_North_Carolina
gptkbp:countySeat gptkb:Wilkesboro
gptkbp:established 1777
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wilkes County
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Blue_Ridge_Mountains
gptkb:MerleFest
moonshine history
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:North_Wilkesboro
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Yadkin_River
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Wilkes
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.wilkescounty.net/
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Appalachian_region
gptkbp:population approximately 65,000
gptkbp:schoolDistrict gptkb:Wilkes_County_Schools
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yadkin_River
gptkb:Surry_County
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5