Alexander County

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Alexander County is a rural county in western North Carolina known for its small communities, agricultural landscape, and location in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Alexander County (part) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Caldwell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Catawba County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Davie County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Iredell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
country United States of America
countySeatLocatedIn Taylorsville NERFINISHED
formedFrom Caldwell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Davie County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Iredell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Wilkes County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
governmentType county government
hasCharacteristic agricultural
rural
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle farming
furniture production
poultry farming
small-scale manufacturing
hasLake Lake Hickory NERFINISHED
Lookout Shoals Lake NERFINISHED
hasLandscape agricultural landscape
hasMunicipality Taylorsville NERFINISHED
hasRiver Catawba River NERFINISHED
South Yadkin River NERFINISHED
hasSmallCommunities yes
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Bethlehem NERFINISHED
Drumstand NERFINISHED
Ellendale NERFINISHED
Hiddenite NERFINISHED
Little River NERFINISHED
Millersville NERFINISHED
Stony Point NERFINISHED
Sugar Loaf NERFINISHED
Vashti NERFINISHED
Wittenburg NERFINISHED
locatedIn North Carolina
western North Carolina NERFINISHED
locatedInPhysiographicProvince Blue Ridge foothills NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina NERFINISHED
foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Blue Ridge Mountains NERFINISHED
namedFor William Julius Alexander NERFINISHED
partOf United States state of North Carolina NERFINISHED
seat Taylorsville NERFINISHED
state North Carolina NERFINISHED
subdivisionType county
usesDaylightSavingTime Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED

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Iredell County bordersOn Alexander County
North Carolina's 5th congressional district containsCounty Alexander County
this entity surface form: Alexander County (part)