Dobson, North Carolina Dobson, North Carolina Location of Dobson, North Carolina Location of Dobson, North Carolina State North Carolina County Surry Dobson is a town in Dobson Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town populace was 1,586.
It is the governmental center of county of Surry County. Dobson is the home of the Shelton Vineyards, the biggest winery in North Carolina.
Dobson was established as the governmental center of county in 1853, replacing Rockford after all territory in Surry County south of the Yadkin River was used to form Yadkin County.
The Edwards-Franklin House and Surry County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,457 citizens , 555 homeholds, and 339 families residing in the town.
There were 555 homeholds out of which 29.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $26,765, and the median income for a family was $34,792.
About 17.8% of families and 23.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.6% of those under age 18 and 22.9% of those age 65 or over.
Tabitha Ann Holton who became the first licensed female lawyer in the Southern United States in 1878.
United States Geological Survey.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Municipalities and communities of Surry County, North Carolina, United States County seat: Dobson Albion Ararat Ash Hill Bannertown Blackwater Blevins Store Boones Hill Bottom Burch Cedar Hill Combstown Copeland Crooked Oak Crutchfield Devotion Fairview Franklin Hills Grove Holly Springs Indian Grove Jenkinstown Ladonia Level Cross Little Richmond Long Hill Mount Herman Mountain Park Mulberry New Hope Oak Grove Pine Hill Pine Ridge Poplar Springs Red Brush Rockford Round Peak Salem Salem Fork Sheltontown Shoals Siloam Slate Mountain State Road Stony Knoll Thurmond Turkey Ford Union Cross Union Hill Westfield White Sulphur Springs Woodville Zephyr This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Towns in Surry County, North Carolina - Towns in North Carolina - County seats in North Carolina
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