Lee County is located in North Carolina’s Sandhills region. Its county seat is Sanford. Lee County is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Lee County is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners. The board is elected at-large and serves four-year terms.
The county is served by a Sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, and other county officials.

The county is also served by the Lee County Public Schools system, which consists of 14 elementary schools, four middle schools, and three high schools.

The county is part of the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina, and is connected to the Triangle Region by US Routes 1, 421 and NC 87. Lee County is home to a thriving agricultural industry, a growing retail and administrative service economy, and a diversified industrial base.

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