Prathers Creek 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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The township had a population of 774 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, Prathers Creek Township occupies 31.81 square miles (82.4 km²), of which 12.4 square miles (32.1 km²) is water, in western Alleghany County. The township's western border is with Ashe County
Ashe County, North Carolina
- History :Historical evidence shows that Ashe county was inhabited by Native Americans, which included the Cherokee, Creek, and Shawnee tribes. Pieces of broken pottery, arrowheads, and other Native American artifacts have been found, indicating their presence...
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