Yadkin County, North Carolina

Yadkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,406. Its county seat is Yadkinville.

Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area.

History

The county was formed in 1850 from the part of Surry County south of the Yadkin River, for which it was named.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 338 square miles (880 km²), of which 335 square miles (870 km²) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km²) (0.8%) is water.

Yadkin County is located in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina. The Piedmont consists of rolling farmlands frequently broken by hills or valleys formed by streams. The extreme western section of the county contains the Brushy Mountains, a deeply eroded spur of the much higher Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. Yadkin County marks the eastern end of the Brushy Mountains range; none of the peaks rise more than 400–500 feet above the surrounding countryside. The highest point in the county is Star Peak near Jonesville, at 1,590 feet above sea level.