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Dobson

town in Surry County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Dobson
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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
town in the United States, city in North Carolina[4]
Inception
1853[7]
Official website
www.dobson-nc.com[8]
Official name
Dobson[12]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.392°, -80.721°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Surry County[2]

Population and size

Area
+5.101749, +5.101747[16][17]
Elevation above sea level
+383[15]
Population
+1586, +1462[9][10]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1,586 · 1,462 GeoNames 1,573 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
336[6]
Postal code
27017[5]
More facts +5
Capital of
Surry County[11]
Different from
Dobson[14]
Number of households
+594[13]
Per capita income
+26955[19]
Water as percent of area
+0.4693[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dobson, NC en Dobson en Dobson, North Carolina ar دوبسون ar دوبسون، كارولاينا الشماليه es Dobson (Carolina del Norte) fa دابسن، کارولینای شمالی he דובסון ja ドブスン ja ドブソン ru Добсон ru Добсон (Северная Каролина) sv Dobson, North Carolina zh 多布森 (北卡羅萊納州)
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
160334854
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83205110
ArchINFORM location ID
26108
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
37-17340
Freebase ID
/m/0yl3c
GNIS Feature ID
984238, 2406382
GeoNames ID
4463810
J9U entity ID
987007562251305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
180137
OpenWeatherMap city ID
4463810
UN/LOCODE
USDOB
Who's on First ID
85980373
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXfpMGxYX8gVhfMwVQv3

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🔗 Connections
People born here 2
Alonzo Dillard Folger, Caleb V. Haynes
Capital of 1
Surry County
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Dobson
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Surry County
Located in time zone 1
Eastern Time Zone
People who died here 1
Andrija Puharich
← Capital 1
Surry County
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Surry County
← Different from 1
Dobson
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Summary

Dobson is a town in the United States[1].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . dobson-nc.com. dobson-nc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Surry County
    Official website → http://www.dobson-nc.com/
    Coordinate location → 36.392°, -80.721°
    Population → 1,586, 1,462
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46713: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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