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About Surry County
Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest community is Mount Airy.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Surry County at a glance
- County seat
- Dobson
- Population
- 71,359 (2020)
- Land area
- 538 sq mi
- Founded
- 1770
Communities
Largest communities in Surry County
- Mount Airy10,676
- Elkin4,122
- Dobson county seat1,462
- Pilot Mountain1,440
- Toast1,423
History of Surry County
The county was formed in 1771 from Rowan County as part of the British Province of North Carolina. It was named for the county of Surrey in England, birthplace of William Tryon, governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771. In 1777, parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee) were combined to form Wilkes County. The first permanent courthouse was established at Richmond in 1779, what is now the modern-day Old Richmond Township in Forsyth County near Donnaha. However, in 1789 the eastern half of Surry County became Stokes County, thus making the Richmond site unusable for either county. In 1790, the county seat was moved to Rockford, where it remained for over half a century. In 1850, half of the county's remaining territory south of the Yadkin River became Yadkin County. The town of Dobson was established in 1853 to be the new county seat.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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