ASHE COUNTY

Ashe was formed in 1799 from Wilkes. It was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, a Revolutionary patriot, a superior court judge, and Governor of the State. It is in the northwestern section of the State and is bounded by the states of Tennessee and Virginia and Alleghany, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The present land area is 426.03 square miles. The population from the 2010 Census was 27,281. Of that population, 26,050 were white, 161 were black or African American, 65 were American Indian, 105 were Asian, 8 were Pacific Islander and 613 were of a different race. Another 279 were reported to be of two or more races and 1,311 were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 1803 the town of Jefferson was laid out and the public buildings erected. Jefferson is the county seat.

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Ashe County is in the New River Basin and a part of the mountain region.

References:

"American Factfinder." 2011. U. S. Census Bureau. Online at http://factfinder2.census.gov/. Accessed 3/3/2011.

Corbitt, David L. 2000. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943. Sixth printing. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History.

Powell, William Stevens, and Michael R. Hill. 2010. The North Carolina gazetteer: a dictionary of Tar Heel places and their history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Additional resources:

North Carolina Digital Collections. (Government & Heritage Library & NC State Archives)

NC LIVE resources

NC Natural Heritage Program database

WorldCat (Searches numerous library catalogs)