Rutherford County, founded in the year 1779, was named for Griffith Rutherford. It has the county seat in Rutherfordton. With a total area of 566 sq mi, it has over 67.8K people with a brilliant mixture of races including White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 25.1K households and 17.9K families.

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