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Line 1: {{Infobox settlement | official_name = | settlement_type = [[Town]] | nickname = Line 10: | image_seal = Wilkesboro, North Carolina seal.png <!-- Maps -->| image_map = NCMap-doton-Wilkesboro.PNG▼
▲| image_map = NCMap-doton-Wilkesboro.PNG | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of Wilkesboro, North Carolina Line 57 ⟶ 56: | named_for = [[John Wilkes]] <!-- Area/postal codes & others -->| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 28697 | area_code = [[Area code 336|336]] Line 70 ⟶ 68: | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | name = Wilkesboro, North Carolina }} '''Wilkesboro''' is a town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Wilkes County, North Carolina]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 3,687 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>https://ncleg.gov/Files/GIS/Base_Data/2021/Reports/PL94_171_2020_PlacePop.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=June 2022}}</ref> The town is located along the south bank of the [[Yadkin River]], directly opposite the town of [[North Wilkesboro, North Carolina|North Wilkesboro]]. Wilkesboro is a Small Town Main Street community and has recently revitalized its historic downtown to include the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons, Wilkes Communications Pavilion, Heritage Square and Splash Pad. Cub Creek Park is adjacent to the downtown and contains many amenities, which include baseball, walking trails, mountain biking trails, trout fishing, dog park, basketball, tennis, and [[pickleball]] courts, picnic shelters, etc. Wilkesboro is also the home of the annual [[MerleFest]], Carolina in the Fall, and Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage festivals. Line 116 ⟶ 114: ===2010 census=== As of the 2010 census, there were 3,413 people living in Wilkesboro. The [[population density]] was 622.5 people per square mile (14.2/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of Wilkesboro was 81.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races.<ref name="wilkesboronorthcarolina.com">[http://www.wilkesboronorthcarolina.com/business-2/fact-a-figures/regional-population The population of Wilkesboro was spread out, with 21.7% being under the age of 20, 6.1% from 20-24, 21.9% from 25-44, 25.6% from 45-64, and 24.5% being 65 and over. The median age was 45.2 years old, more specifically 40.8 for males and 49.5 for females.<ref name="wilkesboronorthcarolina.com"/> | |||