Southeast

Asheboro

Randolph County, NC

Population

27,117

Walk Score

72 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$797

Median home value

$149,500

Incorporated

1796

Asheboro is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, inside the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Area of the Piedmont Triad. The population of the city was 27,156 at the 2020 census. It is and is home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Asheboro Downtown Historic District · listed 2022
  • Kindley, Wilson, Farm and Kindley Mine · listed 1992

Notable landmarks

  • Acme-McCrary Hosiery Mills · listed 2014
  • Asheboro Hosiery Mills and Cranford Furniture Company Complex · listed 2011
  • Central School · listed 1993
  • Lewis-Thornburg Farm · listed 2005
  • Mount Shepherd Pottery Site · listed 1980
  • Randolph County Courthouse · listed 1979
  • Sunset Theater · listed 2011
  • Thayer Farm Site (31RD10) · listed 1986

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