Gap Civil Township, Alleghany County, North Carolina
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Alleghany County, North Carolina
-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 21* U.S. Highway 221* North Carolina Highway 18* North Carolina Highway 88* North Carolina Highway 93* North Carolina Highway 113-Demographics:...
, United States
United States
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. The township had a population of 4,177 according to the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
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Geographically, Gap Civil Township occupies 49.64 square miles (128.6 km²) in central Alleghany County. The only incorporated municipality within Gap Civil Township is the Town of Sparta
Sparta, North Carolina
Sparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,817 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Alleghany County.-Geography:Sparta is located at ....
, the county seat
County seat
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of Alleghany County.