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Sylva is an incorporated town located in central Jackson County, in the Plott Balsam Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census , the town had a total population of 2,588. [ 5 ]
Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,109. [1] Since 1913, its county seat has been Sylva, [2] which replaced Webster.
According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA , comprising the state's largest city of Charlotte and its suburbs.
Webster is a town in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 363, [4] down from 486 in 2000. Webster was the first county seat of Jackson County, until Sylva assumed the role in 1913.
The North Carolina state House map passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023, to use in the 2024 elections. Changes to NC congressional districts for 2024.
North Carolina Highway 107 runs through the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Sylva, the Jackson county seat, and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Tuckasegee. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Cullowhee CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km 2), all land. [6]
The United States Census Bureau, as of July 1, 2009, estimated North Carolina's population at 9,380,884 [4] which represents an increase of 1,340,334, or 16.7%, since the last census in 2000. [5] This exceeds the rate of growth for the United States as a whole.