Ashe County

administration
The Ashe County Courthouse (2012) is one of the county's 24 entries on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Jefferson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 150 Government Circle Jefferson, NC 28640-9378
Foundation :	November 18, 1799
Made up from:	Wilkes County
Area code :	001 336
Demographics
Residents :	24,384 (2000)
Population density :	22.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1105 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.ashecountygov.com

View over the county and Mount Jefferson

Ashe County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Jefferson , named after President Thomas Jefferson .

geography

The county is located in the far northwest of North Carolina, borders Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west and has an area of 1105 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. In North Carolina, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Alleghany County , Wilkes County, and Watauga Counties .

Ashe County is divided into 19 townships : Chestnut Hill, Clifton, Creston, Elk, Grassy Creek, Helton, Horse Creek, Hurricane, Jefferson, Laurel, North Fork, Obids, Old Fields, Peak Creek, Pine Swamp, Piney Creek, Pond Mountain , Walnut Hill and West Jefferson.

history

Ashe County was formed on November 18, 1799 from parts of Wilkes County. It was named after Samuel Ashe , the ninth governor of North Carolina and patriot in the American Revolutionary War .

A total of 24 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 22, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	2783	-
1810	3694	32.7%
1820	4335	17.4%
1830	6987	61.2%
1840	7467	6.9%
1850	8777	17.5%
1860	7956	-9.4%
1870	9573	20.3%
1880	14,437	50.8%
1890	15,628	8.2%
1900	19,581	25.3%
1910	19,074	-2.6%
1920	21.001	10.1%
1930	21,019	0.1%
1940	22,664	7.8%
1950	21,878	-3.5%
1960	19,768	-9.6%
1970	19,571	-1 %
1980	22,325	14.1%
1990	22,209	-0.5%
2000	24,384	9.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Ashe County's population was 24,384 as of the 2000 census . 301 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 10,411 households and 7,423 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.16 percent white, 0.66 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.23 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.05 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.42 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 10,411 households, 26.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.4 percent of these were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers and 28.7 percent were non-families. 25.8 percent were single households and 12.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.75 people.

19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 18.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For all females there were 97.4 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 94.9 men.

The median income for a household (median) was 28 824 US $ , and the median income for a family $ 36,052. Males had a median income of $ 25,666 versus $ 19,983 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,429. 13.5 percent of the population and 10.1 percent of families are below the poverty line. 16.3 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

Web links

Commons : Ashe County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1008535. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 11 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 22, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
^ Ashe County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

36.43 -81.5Coordinates: 36 ° 26 ′ N , 81 ° 30 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1008535. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 11 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 22, 2018.

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[6] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Ashe County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .