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Lee

Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. The county seat is . Lee County comprises the Sanford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the --, NC , which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
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  • Type: County with 57,900 residents
  • Description: county in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Lee County”, “Lee County, NC”, and “Lee County, North Carolina”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sanford.

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is a city of about 30,000 people in the countryside, in between the , , and . is known for its large brick production as well as local pottery, and offers outdoor activities and historic districts.

Lee

Latitude
35.4692° or 35° 28′ 9″ north
Longitude
-79.1548° or 79° 9′ 17″ west
Population
57,900
Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)
Open location code
8772FR9W+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316979044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4475520
Wiki­data ID
Q507838
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Lee” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lee County, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “Lee County”
  • Albanian: “Lee County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه لي، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lee”
  • Basque: “Lee konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lee County, North Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Lee County”
  • Bishnupriya: “লী কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “লী কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лий”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lee”
  • Cebuano: “Lee County”
  • Chechen: “Ли (округ, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Ли”
  • Chinese: “Lee Kūn”
  • Chinese: “李县”
  • Chinese: “李縣”
  • Chinese: “李郡”
  • Dutch: “Lee County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lee”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lee”
  • Esperanto: “Lee County”
  • Finnish: “Leen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lee”
  • French: “Comté de Lee”
  • French: “Lee County”
  • German: “Lee County”
  • Gilaki: “لی ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “لی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לי”
  • Hungarian: “Lee megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lee, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Contae Lee”
  • Italian: “contea di Lee”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lee”
  • Italian: “Lee County”
  • Japanese: “リー郡”
  • Korean: “리군”
  • Low German: “Lee County”
  • Mazanderani: “لی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lee Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lee Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lee County i Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lee County”
  • Norwegian: “Lee County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لی، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lee”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Lee”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lee”
  • Portuguese: “Lee County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lee, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lee”
  • Russian: “Ли”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lee”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lee County, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lee County”
  • Slovenian: “Lee County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lee”
  • Spanish: “condado de Lee”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lee”
  • Spanish: “Lee County”
  • Swedish: “Lee County, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Lee County”
  • Tatar: “Ли (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Ли”
  • Tumbuka: “Lee County, North Carolina”
  • Tumbuka: “Lee County”
  • Turkish: “Lee County, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Lee County, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Lee County, NC”
  • Turkish: “Lee County”
  • Turkish: “Lee ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Lee ilçesi, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Lee ilçesi, NC”
  • Turkish: “Lee ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лі”
  • Urdu: “لی کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lee”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lee, Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lee, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lee, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lee”
  • Welsh: “Lee County, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Lee County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لی کاؤنٹی، اتلا کیرولینا”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include O T Sloan Park Ii and Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

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