Wilkesboro, North Carolina

E669267

county seat town

Wilkesboro, North Carolina is a small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains known as the county seat of Wilkes County and for hosting the annual MerleFest music festival.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wilkesboro, North Carolina canonical	7
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county seat ⓘ town ⓘ
areaCode	336 ⓘ
areaLandSquareMiles	5.2 ⓘ
areaTotalSquareMiles	5.3 ⓘ
areaWaterSquareMiles	0.1 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinates	36.145°N 81.160°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
countySeatSince	late 18th century ⓘ
distanceToWinstonSalemInMiles	about 55 ⓘ
elevationInFeet	1043 ⓘ
elevationInMeters	318 ⓘ
FIPSCode	37-74160 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	2406919 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasAreaCode	336 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Wilkes Community College NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFestival	MerleFest NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasZIPCode	28697 ⓘ
hostOf	annual MerleFest bluegrass and Americana music festival ⓘ
hosts	MerleFest NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedIn	1800 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	MerleFest music festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
locatedInCountySeatRegion	northwestern North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicProvince	Appalachian Mountains foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Yadkin River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHighway	North Carolina Highway 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina Highway 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 421 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	John Wilkes NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	North Wilkesboro, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Winston-Salem, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCensus2020	3597 ⓘ
postalCode	28697 ⓘ
region	Piedmont region of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Carolina Highway 18 → connectsCity → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

North Carolina Highway 18 → terminus → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

North Carolina Songbook → recordedIn → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

Northwestern North Carolina → contains → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

W. Kerr Scott Dam → nearCity → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

W. Kerr Scott Reservoir → nearCity → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina → nearbyCity → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

Zach Galifianakis → birthPlace → Wilkesboro, North Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States