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North Wilkesborotown in S central Wilkes County on Yadkin River. Alt. 1,016. Inc. 1891 and named for the county seat, Wilkesboro, across the Yadkin River to the s. The site was described as Mulberry Fields, a former Cherokee Indian area, in a report of Moravian surveyors in 1752. Appears as Mulberry Fields on the Collet map, 1770. Produces furniture, mirrors, textiles, apparel, hosiery, processed poultry, and dairy products.
North Wilkesboro Townshipcentral Wilkes County.
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