Wilkesboro
Wilkesboro 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 Yadkin River, directly opposite the town of North Wilkesboro.- Type: Town with 3,690 residents
- Description: town in and the county seat of Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Mulberry Fields”, “Wilkesboro (Carolina del Norte)”, “Wilkesboro, NC”, “Wilkesboro, North Carolina”, “Wilkesborough”, “Уилксборо (Северная Каролина)”, and “ويلكسبورو، كارولاينا الشماليه”
- Postal code: 28697
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wilkes Regional Medical Center and North Wilkesboro station.
Wilkes Regional Medical Center
Hospital
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Wilkesboro.
Wilkesboro
- Categories: town in the United States, county seat, city of North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Wilkesboro Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.14839° or 36° 8′ 54″ north
Longitude
-81.15176° or 81° 9′ 6″ west
Population
3,690
Elevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)
IATA airport code
IKB
Open location code
868W4RXX+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Volapük—“Wilkesboro” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Wikesboro”
- Arabic: “ويلكسبورو”
- Azerbaijani: “Vilkesboro”
- Basque: “Wilkesboro”
- Catalan: “Wilkesboro”
- Cebuano: “Wilkesboro”
- Chechen: “Вилксборо”
- Chinese: “威爾克斯伯勒”
- Chinese: “威爾克斯伯納”
- Chinese: “威爾克斯博納”
- Danish: “Wilkesboro”
- Dutch: “Wilkesboro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويلكسبورو, كارولاينا الشماليه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويلكسبورو”
- Esperanto: “Wilkesboro”
- French: “Wilkesboro”
- German: “Wilkesboro”
- Gilaki: “ویلکسبؤرؤ (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “ویلکسبؤرؤ”
- Greek: “Γουίλκισμπορο”
- Haitian: “Wilkesboro, Kawolin dinò”
- Hebrew: “וילקסבורו”
- Hungarian: “Wilkesboro”
- Irish: “Wilkesboro”
- Italian: “Wilkesboro”
- Japanese: “ウィルクスボロ”
- Ladin: “Wilkesboro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wilkesboro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilkesboro”
- Norwegian: “Wilkesboro”
- Persian: “ویلکسبورو، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “ویلکسبورو”
- Polish: “Wilkesboro”
- Portuguese: “Wilkesboro”
- Russian: “Вилксборо”
- Russian: “Уилксборо”
- Serbian: “Вилксборо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkesboro, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wilkesboro”
- Slovenian: “Wilkesboro”
- Spanish: “Wilkesboro”
- Swedish: “Wilkesboro”
- Tatar: “Вилксборо”
- Ukrainian: “Вілксборо”
- Urdu: “ولکس بورو، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “Wilkesboro”
- Volapük: “Wilkesboro”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Forest Hills and Knollwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Wilkes Heritage Museum and Saint Pauls Episcopal Church.
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