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Rutherford County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Rutherford County

Summary

Rutherford County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_north_carolina category, ranking #41 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rutherford County is located in North Carolina[3].
  • Rutherford County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Rutherford County's image is recorded as Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina (2019).jpg[5].
  • Rutherford County's instance of is recorded as county of North Carolina[6].
  • Rutherford County's capital is recorded as Rutherfordton[7].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as McDowell County[8].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Burke County[9].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Cleveland County[10].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Cherokee County[11].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Spartanburg County[12].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Polk County[13].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Henderson County[14].
  • Rutherford County's shares border with is recorded as Buncombe County[15].
  • Griffith Rutherford is named after Rutherford County[16].
  • Rutherford County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rutherfordton[17].
  • Rutherford County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lake Lure[18].
  • Rutherford County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124341247[19].
  • Rutherford County's locator map image is recorded as Map of North Carolina highlighting Rutherford County.svg[20].
  • Rutherford County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81022906[21].
  • Rutherford County's Commons category is recorded as Rutherford County, North Carolina[22].
  • Rutherford County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2528741[23].
  • +1779-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rutherford County[24].
  • Rutherford County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1008584[25].
  • Rutherford County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.4, 'lon': -81.92}[26].
  • Rutherford County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n3r2[27].

Body

Geography

Rutherford County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in North Carolina[3].

Physical Characteristics

Rutherford County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1466'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+67810'}[29], {'amount': '+67784'}[30], {'amount': '+67412'}[31], {'amount': '+67303'}[32], {'amount': '+66956'}[33], and {'amount': '+66390'}[34].

Designation and Status

Rutherford County's instance of is recorded as county of North Carolina[6].

History and Context

+1779-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rutherford County[24]. Griffith Rutherford is named after it[16].

Why It Matters

Rutherford County draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_north_carolina category, ranking #41 of 102).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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