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{{Short description|County in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Yadkin County | state = North Carolina | ex image = Yadkinville, North Carolina (cropped).jpg | ex image cap = Yadkin County Courthouse | seal = Yadkin County Seal.png | founded = 1850 | named for = [[Yadkin River]] | seat wl = Yadkinville | largest city wl = Yadkinville | city type = community | area_total_sq_mi = 337.71 | area_land_sq_mi = 334.94 | area_water_sq_mi = 2.77 | area percentage = 0.82 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 37214 | pop_est_as_of = 2024 | population_est = 37995 {{gain}} | population_density_sq_mi = 111.11 | coordinates = {{coord|36.16|-80.67|type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}} | web = www.yadkincountync.gov | district = 10th | time zone = Eastern | flag = Yadkin County Flag.gif | logo = Yadkin County Logo.png | motto = "Come for a visit, stay for a lifetime" }} '''Yadkin County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. The population was 37,214 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts" /> Its [[county seat]] is [[Yadkinville, North Carolina|Yadkinville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Yadkin County is included in the [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]], NC [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Piedmont Triad|Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area]]. ==History== Present-day Yadkin County was home to the [[Tutelo]] and [[Saponi]] Indian tribes.<ref name= bayley>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/yadkin| title = Yadkin County| last = Bayley| first = Elizabeth| date = 2006| website = NCPedia| publisher = North Carolina Government & Heritage Library| access-date = May 14, 2023}}</ref> European-descent settlers moved into the area around 1748. Though in the western Piedmont region of the state, the residents of the eventual county developed more economic, political, and cultural similarities with their contemporaries in the mountains to the west than to many of their peers in other sections of the Piedmont or those in the eastern part of North Carolina.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=10}} Over the following decades the county developed as a society mostly made up of smallholding white farmers, though Yadkin was also home to several large landowners and slaveholders (and their slaves), some working professionals, and a few free blacks and Native Americans.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=11, 17}} The land eventually comprising Yadkin County was first politically organized under the jurisdiction of [[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson County]].{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=10}} In 1750, it was placed in the new jurisdiction of [[Rowan_County,_North_Carolina|Rowan County]], and in 1770 was made a part of [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]]. In 1850, the North Carolina General Assembly split off the portion of Surry south of the [[Yadkin River]] to create Yadkin County to satisfy local political divisions.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=11}} At the time of its creation, the county had 9,808 residents, of whom 8,664 were white, 86 were free persons of color, and 1,508 were enslaved blacks.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=12}} The town of Wilson was established to serve as the county seat. In 1852, the town's name was changed to [[Yadkinville, North Carolina|Yadkinville]].{{sfn|Corbitt|2000|p=238}} [[File:First Yadkin County Courthouse postcard (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The first Yadkin County Courthouse, built 1851]] From 1850 to 1860, the county experienced economic and demographic growth. By the end of the decade, though it was still mostly rural and dominated by farming, the county hosted several grist mills, stores, distilleries, and a tobacco factory.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=11, 17–18}} Politically, the county was home to many Whigs and its resident favored [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]] of the [[Constitutional Union Party (United States)|Constitutional Union Party]] during the [[1860 United States presidential election]].{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=20–21}} Following the election of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] as president, leaders of the state of North Carolina considered whether or not to secede in 1861 and join the nascent [[Confederate States of America]]. Yadkin voters overwhelmingly rejected a vote to hold a state convention to consider secession.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=21–22}}{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=30}} Following Lincoln's call for Southern volunteers to suppress rebellion in South Carolina, a state convention was held and North Carolina seceded from the United States.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=22–23}} Men from Yadkin County served during the ensuing [[American Civil War]] in the [[Confederate States Army]]. Many would desert and return home to assist their families in key agricultural activities before going back into service.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=7}} North Carolina's declaration of a draft proved unpopular in the county;{{sfn|Auman|2014|pp=38, 47}} some locals avoided conscription into the army due to pro-Union sentiments, or, in the case of local Quakers, due to religious objections to war and slavery. Some draft dodgers hid in woods or caves, while others fled west to pro-Union communities in the mountains.{{sfn|Casstevens|2006|p=16}} In February 1863, two Confederate officials and two draft evaders were killed in an exchange of gunfire after a militia attempted to arrest a group of evaders at a school house.{{sfn|Casstevens|2006|pp=18–19, 22}}{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=66}} After the war, Yadkin became politically dominated by the Republican Party, with many locals being attracted to it for its opposition to slavery, support for central national government, and push for disbursing money to fund infrastructure improvements.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=8, 20, 81}} Yadkin's support for the Republican Party persisted along with some of its neighboring counties after the state largely fell under the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s domination in the 1870s.{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=213}} Portions of Yadkin County were annexed to [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] in 1911 and 1927.{{sfn|Corbitt|2000|p=239}} The county garnered its first paved highways in the 1920s.{{sfn|Casstevens|1996|p=26}} By the mid-20th century, Yadkin's economy was largely rooted in tobacco farming. Many residents not employed by the agricultural industry commuted to [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]] in Forsyth County for work. In 1971, [[Unifi Manufacturing]] established its first textile facility in Yadkin County. As the company expanded over the following decades, it became the leading industrial employer the county and provided additional economic support through tax revenue and philanthropy to the area. National declines in the textiles industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s led the company to shrink its local presence.<ref name= romoser>{{cite news| last = Romoser| first = James| title = Unifi, Yadkin cope with end of 'glory days'| newspaper = Winston-Salem Journal| pages = A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-unifi-history-part/124633970/ A8] | date = December 18, 2005| url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-unifi-history/124633956/}}</ref> ==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q497284|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Yadkin County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|337.71|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|334.94|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.77|sqmi}} (0.82%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is bordered by [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry]], [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]], [[Davie County, North Carolina|Davie]], [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]], and [[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes]] counties.<ref name= bayley/> Yadkin County is located in the [[Central North Carolina|Piedmont]] region of North Carolina and in the northwestern portion of state, close to the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]].<ref name= bayley/> The western portions of the county are hillier than the eastern portions,{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|p=10}} with part of the [[Brushy Mountains (North Carolina)|Brushy Mountains]] crossing into the northwestern section.{{sfn|Casstevens|1996|p=9}} It is within the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin,<ref name= bayley/> with the Yadkin River forming its northern and eastern borders.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=9–10}} ===State and local protected areas=== * [[Historic Richmond Hill Nature Park]] * [[Yadkinville Community Park]] ===Major water bodies=== * [[Beaverdam Creek (North Carolina)|Beaverdam Creek]] * [[Deep Creek (North Carolina)|Deep Creek]] * [[Dobbins Creek (North Carolina)|Dobbins Creek]] * [[Forbush Creek (North Carolina)|Forbush Creek]] * [[Harmon Creek (North Carolina)|Harmon Creek]] * [[Little Forbush Creek (North Carolina)|Little Forbush Creek]] * [[Logan Creek (North Carolina)|Logan Creek]] * [[Miller Creek (North Carolina Creek)|Miller Creek]] * [[North Deep Creek (North Carolina)|North Deep Creek]] * [[North Little Hunting Creek]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=South Yadkin River |url=https://www.deq.nc.gov/water-quality/planning/bpu/catawba/catawba-plans/2010-plan/3-03040102-south-yadkin-river-2010/download |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=www.deq.nc.gov |page=2}}</ref> * [[South Deep Creek (North Carolina)|South Deep Creek]] * [[South Yadkin River]] * [[Turner Creek (North Carolina)|Turner Creek]] * [[Yadkin River]] ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1860= 10714 |1870= 10697 |1880= 12420 |1890= 13790 |1900= 14083 |1910= 15428 |1920= 16391 |1930= 18010 |1940= 20657 |1950= 22133 |1960= 22804 |1970= 24599 |1980= 28439 |1990= 30488 |2000= 36348 |2010= 38406 |2020= 37214 |estyear=2024 |estimate=37995 |estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37197.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yadkincountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Yadkin County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> }} ===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+Yadkin County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US37197&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !scope="col"| Race !scope="col"| Number !scope="col"| Percentage |- !scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) | 30,357 | 81.57% |- !scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) | 1,071 | 2.88% |- !scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] | 63 | 0.17% |- !scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] | 142 | 0.38% |- !scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] | 1,199 | 3.22% |- !scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] | 4,382 | 11.78% |} As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 37,214 people, 15,425 households, and 10,789 families residing in the county. ===2000 census=== At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 36,348 people, 14,505 households, and 10,588 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|108|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 15,821 housing units at an average density of {{convert|47|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 92.54% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 3.43% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.91% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. 6.48% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. There were 14,505 households, out of which 32.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.92. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.00% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 30.20% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $36,660, and the median income for a family was $43,758. Males had a median income of $29,589 versus $22,599 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,576. About 7.10% of families and 10.00% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.90% of those under age 18 and 17.40% of those age 65 or over. ==Law and government== === Government === Yadkin County is governed by a five-member board of commissioners who are elected at-large to serve staggered two- and four-year terms. Elections are held in November of even-numbered years.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yadkincountync.gov/92/County-Commissioners| title = County Commissioners| website = Yadkin County| publisher = Yadkin County Government| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> The commissioners appoint a county manager, who serves as the head administrator of the county government.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yadkincountync.gov/137/County-Manager| title = County Manager| website = Yadkin County| publisher = Yadkin County Government| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> Yadkin County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments]], a regional planning association.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ptrc.org/about/who-we-are-and-what-we-do| title = Who We Are and What We Do| publisher = Piedmont Triad Regional Council| access-date = May 17, 2023}}</ref> It is located entirely in the [[North Carolina Senate]]'s [[North Carolina's 36th Senate district|36th district]], the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]' [[North Carolina's 77th House district|77th district]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/yadkin| title = Yadkin County Representation : 2023-2024 Session| publisher = North Carolina General Assembly| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> and [[North Carolina's 5th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://myfox8.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/heres-the-rundown-of-north-carolinas-and-the-triads-most-important-races-for-election-day-2022/| title = Here's the rundown of North Carolina's and the Triad's most important races for Election Day 2022| last = Doyle| first = Steve| date = November 7, 2022| website = FOX8 WGHP| publisher = Nexstar Media Group| access-date = May 21, 2023}}</ref> Yadkin County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 34th Prosecutorial District, the 23rd [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] District, and the 23rd [[North Carolina District Courts|District Court]] District.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/yadkin-county| title = Yadkin County| publisher = North Carolina Judicial Branch| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> === Politics === {| role="presentation" | |- | {{PresHead|place=Yadkin County, North Carolina|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->{{PresRow|2024|Republican|16,439|3,739|219|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|15,933|3,763|227|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,880|3,160|584|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|12,578|3,957|278|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|12,409|4,527|211|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,816|3,451|46|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|10,435|3,127|120|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|8,439|2,927|947|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|7,311|3,913|1,753|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,918|3,195|24|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,976|3,075|19|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,530|3,850|190|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,916|4,497|55|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,824|1,592|205|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,885|1,443|2,397|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,860|3,638|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,268|2,785|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,469|2,361|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,540|2,786|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,631|2,083|220|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,392|2,470|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,077|3,660|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,200|3,209|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Republican|3,422|2,789|31|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,878|761|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,889|1,381|11|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,301|1,350|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,721|879|0|North Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1912|Republican|791|713|599|North Carolina}} |} Yadkin County began supporting the Republican Party in the aftermath of the American Civil War.{{sfn|Casstevens|2015|pp=8, 81}} Like some its neighboring counties, Yadkin's support for Republicans continued while the state was politically dominated by Democrats from the 1870s into the latter part of the 20th century.{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=213}} Republicans won every county election in the 20th century except in 1958, when Democrats won the sheriff's office and all seats on the county commission in response to the incumbent commissioners' decision to demolish the county's antebellum courthouse and replace it with one the public viewed as unsightly.{{sfn|Hobson|2006|p=45}} Yadkin's support for the Republican Party carried into the 21st century with the party's rebound across the state.{{sfn|Auman|2014|p=213}} As of March 2022, the county was home to approximately 25,000 registered voters, of whom 56.9 percent were registered Republicans and 13.4 percent were registered Democrats.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://myfox8.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/nc-election-season-begins-with-more-voters-unaffiliated/| title = NC election season begins with more voters unaffiliated| last = Doyle| first = Steve| date = March 28, 2022| website = FOX8 WGHP| publisher = Nexstar Media Group| access-date = May 16, 2023}}</ref> ==Economy== [[Unifi Manufacturing]], a textile company, is the largest private employer in Yadkin County and operates a large recycled plastics polymer plant in Yadkinville.<ref>{{cite news| last = Craver| first = Richard| title = Apparel slump at retail sends Unifi to first-quarter 2023 loss; share price closes down 24.2%| newspaper = Winston Salem Journal| date = November 4, 2022| url = https://journalnow.com/business/local/apparel-slump-at-retail-sends-unifi-to-first-quarter-2023-loss-share-price-closes-down/article_a131d0ac-5b9c-11ed-91ba-e7ecac9ca408.html| access-date = January 12, 2023}}</ref> ==Transportation== ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=NC|I|77}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|685}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|21}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|21|dab1=Elkin}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|421}}<ref>{{cite news| last = Harrison| first = Kristy Burns| title = Yadkin Commissioners support future interstate plans| newspaper = The Yadkin Ripple| date = September 7, 2022| url = https://www.yadkinripple.com/news/23818/yadkin-commissioners-support-future-interstate-plans| access-date = May 17, 2023}}</ref> * {{Jct|state=NC|US|601}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|67}} Two major four-lane highways serve Yadkin County. [[Interstate 77]] runs north to south in the western part of the county and [[U.S. Route 421|U.S. Highway 421]] runs east to west. The two highways intersect near [[Hamptonville, North Carolina|Hamptonville]]. The county also is served by [[U.S. Highway 21]], which runs mostly parallel with I-77, and [[U.S. Highway 601]], which runs through [[Yadkinville, North Carolina|Yadkinville]] and [[Boonville, North Carolina|Boonville]]. [[North Carolina Highway 67]] is another popular artery that links the northern part of the county with Jonesville-Elkin and [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]. ===Airports=== Commercial flights are available through [[Piedmont Triad International Airport]] and [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte Douglas International Airport]]. Two private airports are located in the county, Swan Creek near Jonesville and Lone Hickory near Yadkinville. One additional airport is located in Boonville on Baptist Church Road. It recently housed NC Baptist Hospital's AirCare II during a transitional period. ===Public transportation=== Beginning in 2006, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) began offering limited bus service between [[Boone, North Carolina]] and [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] as part of its US 421 Mountaineer Express.<ref>[http://www.partnc.org/US421express.htm Piedmont Regional Transportation Authority Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601154524/http://www.partnc.org/US421express.htm|date=June 1, 2007}}</ref> The buses make stops east and west in Yadkinville. Yadkin Valley Economic Development District Inc. (YVEDDI), a community action agency based in [[Boonville, North Carolina|Boonville]], operates a multi-county rural public transportation system. ==Education== Yadkin County has three high schools, Forbush, Starmount, and the Yadkin Early College. The Yadkin Early College is a five-year program where high school and college courses are offered on the Yadkin campus of Surry Community College. Students get the opportunity to earn their high school diploma and an associate degree in nursing, criminal justice, or a transfer degree to a four-year university. The high schools are fed by eight elementary schools, which teach kindergarten through sixth grades. The eight elementary schools are Boonville, Courtney, East Bend, Fall Creek, Forbush, Jonesville, West Yadkin and Yadkinville. The school system also operates Yadkin Success Academy, an alternative learning center on Old U.S. 421 in Yadkinville. Yadkin County opened two new middle schools in 2009. Starmount Middle School opened in August and serves seventh and eighth grade students from Jonesville, Boonville, and West Yadkin Elementary Schools. Forbush Middle opened in November and serves East Bend, Forbush Elementary, Fall Creek, Courtney, and Yadkinville Schools. Both campuses are adjacent to the high schools. [[Surry Community College]] offers courses through its Yadkin Campus at 4649 [[U.S. Highway 601]] North near Yadkinville.<ref name="Surry Community College site">{{cite web|title=Off-Campus Centers|url=http://www.surry.edu/centers/|work=Surry Community College site|access-date=July 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033536/http://www.surry.edu/centers/|archive-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref> ==Media== ===Print=== Yadkin County is covered by two community newspapers, ''[[The Yadkin Ripple]]'' and ''[[The Tribune (Elkin, North Carolina)|The Tribune]]'' of Elkin. The ''[[Winston-Salem Journal]]'', a larger daily paper, also covers the county. Yadkin Valley Living, a bimonthly lifestyles publication, is based in [[East Bend, North Carolina|East Bend]]. ===Broadcast=== [[WSGH]], an [[AM Broadcasting|AM]] [[List of radio stations in North Carolina by market area|Spanish contemporary station]], broadcasts from eastern Yadkin County. Yadkin County is part of the [[Piedmont Triad]] radio and [[List of television stations in North Carolina|television market]] but many broadcasts from the [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] market also can be received. ==Yadkin Valley wine region== {{See also|Swan Creek AVA}} All of Yadkin County is included in the [[Yadkin Valley AVA]], an [[American Viticultural Area]] recognized by the [[United States]] government as a unique [[grape]]-growing region. [[Wine]]s made from grapes grown in this area may use the [[appellation]] "Yadkin Valley" on the label. Yadkin County is also home to the second North Carolina AVA, the Swan Creek Wine Region. ==Communities== [[File:Map of Yadkin County North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG|thumb|300px|Map of Yadkin County with municipal and township labels]] ===Towns=== * [[Boonville, North Carolina|Boonville]] * [[East Bend, North Carolina|East Bend]] * [[Jonesville, North Carolina|Jonesville]] * [[Yadkinville, North Carolina|Yadkinville]] (county seat and largest community) ===Townships=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Boonville Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|Boonville]] * [[Deep Creek Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|Deep Creek]] * [[East Bend Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|East Bend]] * [[Forbush Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|Forbush]] * [[North Buck Shoals Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|North Buck Shoals]] * [[North Fall Creek Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|North Fall Creek]] * [[North Knobs Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|North Knobs]] * [[North Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|North Liberty]] * [[South Buck Shoals Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|South Buck Shoals]] * [[South Fall Creek Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|South Fall Creek]] * [[South Knobs Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|South Knobs]] * [[South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina|South Liberty]] {{div col end}} === Census-designated place === * [[Smithtown, North Carolina|Smithtown]] ===Unincorporated communities=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Barney Hill, North Carolina|Barney Hill]] * [[Branon, North Carolina|Branon]] * [[Buck Shoals, North Carolina|Buck Shoals]] * [[Center, North Carolina|Center]] * [[Brooks Crossroads, North Carolina|Brooks' Crossroads]] * [[Courtney, North Carolina|Courtney]] * [[Enon, North Carolina|Enon]] * [[Flint Hill, Yadkin County, North Carolina|Flint Hill]] * [[Footville, North Carolina|Footville]] * [[Forbush, North Carolina|Forbush]] * [[Hamptonville, North Carolina|Hamptonville]] * [[Huntsville, North Carolina|Huntsville]] * [[Lone Hickory, North Carolina|Lone Hickory]] * [[Longtown, North Carolina|Longtown]] * [[Marler, North Carolina|Marler]] * [[Richmond Hill, North Carolina|Richmond Hill]] * [[Swan Creek, North Carolina|Swan Creek]] * [[Union Hill, North Carolina|Union Hill]] * [[Windsor's Crossroads, North Carolina|Windsor's Crossroads]] * [[Wyo, North Carolina|Wyo]] {{div col end}} ===Former towns=== These towns were incorporated at one time:<ref>''The Heritage of Yadkin County'', Frances Harding Casstevens, editor, Page 9</ref> * [[Arlington, North Carolina|Arlington]], merged with Jonesville in 2001 * [[Hamptonville, North Carolina|Hamptonville]], chartered in 1818 * [[Huntsville, North Carolina|Huntsville]], incorporated in 1792 * [[Shore, North Carolina|Shore]], incorporated from 1903 to 1911 * [[Smithtown, North Carolina|Smithtown]], incorporated in 1924 ==Notable people== * [[Leo Arnaud]], French-born film composer * [[Thomas Lanier Clingman]], [[U.S. senator]] and representative and Confederate brigadier general * [[Mo Cowan|William "Mo" Cowan]], U.S. senator for Massachusetts in 2013 * [[William Wade Hampton (politician)|William Wade Hampton]] (1858–1930), state senator and state representative<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-former-legislator/158890034/ |title=Former Legislator Dies in Surry |date=1930-12-15 |newspaper=[[The News & Observer]] |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-11-12}}{{Open access}}</ref> * [[Mamrie Hart]], [[YouTube]] celebrity * [[Dickie Hemric]], basketball star for [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] and the [[Boston Celtics]] * [[Richmond Mumford Pearson]], [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] chief justice, and his son, [[Richmond Pearson]], a diplomat and U.S. representative * [[Richard Clauselle Puryear]], [[U.S. congressman]] * [[Ernie Shore]], a [[Major League Baseball|Major League baseball]] pitcher and former [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] sheriff * [[Junior Johnson]] (Robert Glenn), [[NASCAR]] Hall of Fame driver and champion team owner ==See also== * [[List of counties in North Carolina]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Yadkin County, North Carolina]] ==References== {{reflist}} == Works cited == * {{cite book| last = Auman| first = William T.| title = Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt: The Confederate Campaign Against Peace Agitators, Deserters and Draft Dodgers| publisher = McFarland| date = 2014| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5XtHAgAAQBAJ| isbn = 9781476612997}} * {{cite book| last = Casstevens| first = Frances H.| title = The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina| publisher = McFarland| date = 2015| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=C4mACgAAQBAJ| isbn = 9781476604039}} * {{cite book| last = Casstevens| first = Frances H.| title = Tales from the North and the South: Twenty-Four Remarkable People and Events of the Civil War| publisher = McFarland| date = 2006| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H-7pAwAAQBAJ| isbn = 9780786428700}} * {{cite book| last = Casstevens| first = Frances H.| title = Yadkin County: The First One Hundred Years| publisher = Arcadia Publishing| date = 1996| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1gevY1VJqroC| isbn = 9780738568744}} * {{cite book| last = Corbitt| first = David Leroy| title = The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943| publisher = North Carolina Division of Archives and History | edition = reprint| date = 2000| location = Raleigh| url = https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/289743| oclc= 46398241}} * {{cite book| last = Hobson| first = Fred| title = Off the Rim: Basketball and Other Religions in a Carolina Childhood| publisher = University of Missouri Press| date = 2006| location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AR4Zh2HpH14C| isbn = 9780826265258}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{osmrelation|2528758}} * {{Official website|http://www.yadkincounty.gov}} * [http://www.yadkinchamber.org/ Yadkin County Chamber of Commerce] * [http://www.YadkinValley.org Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce] * [http://www.yadkin.k12.nc.us/ Yadkin County Schools] * [http://www.YadkinValleyWineCountry.com Yadkin Valley Wineries and Vineyards] {{Geographic Location | Centre = Yadkin County, North Carolina | North = [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry County]] | Northeast = | East = [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] | Southeast = [[Davie County, North Carolina|Davie County]] | South = | Southwest = [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell County]] | West = [[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes County]] | Northwest = }} {{Yadkin County, North Carolina}} {{North Carolina}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Yadkin County, North Carolina| ]] [[Category:1850 establishments in North Carolina]] [[Category:Populated places 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