Rutherford County, NC

Headnote
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of North Carolina. Area, 1,025 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and mountainous; soil, generally poor. Seat of Justice, Rutherfordtown. Pop. in 1810, 13,202; in 1820, 15,351; in 1830, 17,557; in 1840, 19,202; in 1850, 13,550. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
North Carolina

Rutherford County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of North Carolina. Area, 1,025 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and mountainous; soil, generally poor. Seat of Justice, Rutherfordtown. Pop. in 1810, 13,202; in 1820, 15,351; in 1830, 17,557; in 1840, 19,202; in 1850, 13,550.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 317.
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