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| Seal of Rutherford County |
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| Location of Rutherford County |
County Seat population (2016): 4,147
Rutherford County starts a trend of incorporating the county name into the county seat name. Huh. Anyway Rutherfordton! Long name, I know.
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| Downtown Rutherfordton |
Rutherfordton is the oldest county seat in western NC. Even though it wasn't always Rutherfordton, the town used to be named "Rutherfordtown" but over time it got shortened and the W was taken away.
Rutherfordton is small but pretty and full of history. The town had a mint during the Carolina Gold Rush, when the mint in Philadelphia was too far away. The town also had a small park on main street.
The courthouse was BIG. I got some pictures of some memorials on the lawn, not including a Veterans Memorial, but a firefighters Memorial.
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| Rutherford County Firefighters Memorial |
And there was also a big confederate thing.
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| Confederate thing |
I also got the courthouse itself. Another one to cross off the list!
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| Rutherford County Courthouse |
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