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Wilkes County, North Carolina
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Wilkes_County,_North_Carolina
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:county
gptkbp:areaCode
336
743
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2
757
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
5th
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countySeat
gptkb:Wilkesboro
gptkbp:founded
1777
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite
gptkb:Old_Wilkes_Jail
gptkb:Wilkes_Heritage_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Wilkes County, North Carolina
gptkbp:largestCity
gptkb:North_Wilkesboro
gptkbp:motto
Where the Mountains Begin
gptkbp:mountainRange
gptkb:Blue_Ridge_Mountains
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:John_Wilkes
gptkbp:notableCompany
Lowe's Companies (founded here)
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:MerleFest
gptkbp:notableIndustry
poultry farming
moonshine production
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Appalachian_region
gptkbp:population
64897
gptkbp:populationAsOf
2020
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Northwestern_North_Carolina
gptkbp:river
gptkb:Yadkin_River
gptkbp:state
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:timezone
gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:website
www.wilkescounty.net
gptkbp:zipCode
28635
28654
28659
28697
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Wilkes
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5