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Wilkes County, North Carolina

Wilkes County's bootlegging heritage and NASCAR's birthplace - from Wilkes County's moonshining tradition (Wilkes County was one of the most prolific moonshine-producing counties in America during Prohibition and beyond - the skill of Wilkes County bootleggers in outrunning revenue agents in modified cars directly inspired stock car racing, and many of NASCAR's founding figures came from the Wilkes County moonshine culture) to the MerleFest music festival (held annually in Wilkesboro at Wilkes Community College in honor of Merle Watson - the son of Doc Watson, legendary flat-picker and Wilkes County native - MerleFest is one of America's premier acoustic music festivals, drawing 80,000+ attendees each April).

County Seat Wilkesboro
Population 68,000
Founded 1778
County Website wilkescounty.net/commissioners
Wilkes County, North Carolina
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Board Of County Commissioners
(336) 651-7300
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Address 110 North St, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
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