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Wilkes

Wilkes County is a county located in the U.S. state of . It is a part of the state's western . The population was 65,969 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: County with 69,300 residents
  • Description: county in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Wilkes County”, “Wilkes County, NC”, and “Wilkes County, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilkes County Airport.

Aerodrome
is a public located four miles northeast of the central business district of , a town in Wilkes County, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro.

Town
is a town in Wilkes County, , United States. The population was 4,131 at the 2020 US Census. is the birthplace and original home of Lowe's Home Improvement, which continues to have a major presence in the community.

Town
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is a town in and the county seat of Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census. The town is located along the south bank of the , directly opposite the town of .

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,332 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The community was given its name by the first European pioneers to settle the area in the 1750s.

Wilkes

Latitude
36.1998° or 36° 11′ 59″ north
Longitude
-81.1341° or 81° 8′ 3″ west
Population
69,300
Elevation
1,319 feet (402 metres)
Open location code
868W5VX8+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316978994
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4499127
Wiki­data ID
Q430328
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wilkes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wilkes County, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “Wilkes County”
  • Albanian: “Wilkes County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويلكس”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Wilkes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilkes dairəsi”
  • Basque: “Wilkes konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Wilkes County, North Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Wilkes County”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলকেস কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “উইলকেস কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Уилкс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Wilkes”
  • Cebuano: “Wilkes County”
  • Chechen: “Уилкс (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Уилкс”
  • Chinese: “Wilkes Kūn”
  • Chinese: “威爾克斯縣”
  • Danish: “Wilkes County”
  • Dutch: “Wilkes County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Wilkes”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Wilkes”
  • Esperanto: “Wilkes County”
  • Estonian: “Wilkesi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Wilkesin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Wilkes”
  • French: “Comté de Wilkes”
  • French: “Wilkes County”
  • German: “Wilkes County”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “ویلکس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וילקס”
  • Hungarian: “Wilkes megye”
  • Indonesian: “Wilkes County, North Carolina”
  • Indonesian: “Wilkes County”
  • Irish: “Contae Wilkes, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Contae Wilkes”
  • Italian: “contea di Wilkes”
  • Italian: “Contea di Wilkes”
  • Italian: “Wilkes County”
  • Japanese: “ウィルクス郡”
  • Korean: “윌크스군”
  • Low German: “Wilkes County”
  • Mazanderani: “ویلکس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Wilkes Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wilkes Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilkes County”
  • Norwegian: “Wilkes County”
  • Nyanja: “Wilkes County”
  • Pedi: “Wilkes County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلکس، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلکس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Wilkes”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Wilkes”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Wilkes”
  • Portuguese: “Wilkes County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wilkes, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wilkes”
  • Russian: “Уилкс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Wilkes”
  • Serbian: “Округ Вилкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkes County, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkes County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Wilkes”
  • Slovenian: “Wilkes County”
  • Southern Sotho: “Wilkes County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Wilkes”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Wilkes”
  • Spanish: “Wilkes County”
  • Swahili: “Wilkes County”
  • Swati: “Wilkes County”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes County, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Wilkes County”
  • Tatar: “Уилкс (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Уилкс”
  • Tumbuka: “Wilkes County, North Carolina”
  • Tumbuka: “Wilkes County”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County, NC”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes County”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi, NC”
  • Turkish: “Wilkes ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілкс”
  • Urdu: “ویلکس کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Wilkes”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wilkes, Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wilkes, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wilkes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wilkes, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Wilkes”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes County, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Wilkes County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولکیز کاؤنٹی”
  • Xhosa: “Wilkes County”
  • Zulu: “Wilkes County”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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