Gates County URL: https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-gates-county.html Gates County is a county of North Carolina, United States. ## Overview Gates County is a county of [North Carolina](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/north-carolina.html), United States (FIPS nc073), with a population of about 12,197[^geonames]. ## Geography - Coordinates: 36.4449, -76.7005 - Time zone: America/New_York Updated: 2026-10-29 Relations: - Located in: North Carolina https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/north-carolina.html - Contains places: Gatesville https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-gatesville.html - Contains places: Sunbury https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-sunbury.html Mentioned in: - Gatesville https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-gatesville.html - Sunbury https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-sunbury.html Sources: - GeoNames US dataset (US.txt / admin2Codes.txt) https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/US.zip