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Yadkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 37,214 at the 2020 census. [1] Its county seat is Yadkinville. [2] Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area.
In 1913, the first bridge across the Yadkin River at Enon was authorized by the North Carolina Legislature. The steel bridge was completed a short time before a sand-clay road was built in 1915. The road, which linked Winston-Salem to Yadkinville , was paved in 1925 and became part of U.S. Highway 421 . [ 16 ]
The area was chosen as the county seat with the founding of Yadkin County in 1850. It was first known as Wilson, in honor of Louis D. Wilson, a legislator who died in the Mexican War. However, the name was changed to Yadkinville in 1852 after it was discovered that another area, Wilson, North Carolina, already had the name.
Forbush is an unincorporated community in central Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.The community is named for George Forbush, one of the earliest European settlers in Northwestern North Carolina.
South Buck Shoals Township is one of twelve townships in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,293 according to the 2000 census . Geographically, South Buck Shoals Township occupies 21.9 square miles (57 km 2 ) in southwestern Yadkin County.
Transportation in Yadkin County, North Carolina (7 P) Pages in category "Yadkin County, North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Yadkin County, North Carolina" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The community of Richmond Hill is named for the residence of the same name of Richmond Mumford Pearson, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.Pearson established the Richmond Hill Law School in his home at Richmond Hill in 1848, which was conveniently near Rockford, then the county seat of a then combined Surry and Yadkin counties.