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About Gates County
Gates County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,478, making it the fifth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Gatesville. Gates County is included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. It is part of the Albemarle Sound area of the Inner Banks.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Gates County at a glance
- County seat
- Gatesville
- Population
- 10,478 (2020)
- Land area
- 346 sq mi
- Founded
- 1779
Communities
Largest communities in Gates County
- Sunbury276
- Gatesville county seat267
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