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The Ashe Post & Times is a bi-weekly newspaper printed in West Jefferson, North Carolina. It prints news, announcements, and obituaries as the newspaper of record for Ashe County. The newspaper formed after The Jefferson Post and Ashe Mountain Times merged in 2017. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group.
May 10, 1979 (301 E. Main St. Jefferson: 3: Ashe County Memorial Hospital: Ashe County Memorial Hospital: April 28, 2015 (410 McConnell St. Jefferson: 4: Baptist Chapel Church and Cemetery
In the 1780s, Ashe County was a part of the self-declared "State of Franklin", within the boundaries of its Washington County. The "State of Franklin" marked the beginnings of the State of Tennessee. The North Carolina legislature created Ashe County in late 1799 with an area of 977 square miles (2,530 km 2). Many family surnames noted in the ...
Baptist Chapel Church and Cemetery is a historic Baptist church and cemetery located near Helton, Ashe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1872, and is a simple one-story frame structure, covered by weatherboards and set on a common bond brick foundation. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, located on Highway 194, in West Jefferson, was built in 1905.In 1972, the Rev. Faulton Hodge became priest in charge and later agreed to let Ben Long, a young artist newly returned to North Carolina from studying in Italy, paint wet plaster frescoes on the interior walls of St. Mary's.
The parish began as a mission of Saint Elizabeth of the Hill Country Catholic Church of Boone, North Carolina. In the 1970s additions were made to the church building. On September 25, 1985, Bishop John F. Donoghue of Charlotte dedicated the new hall of the church. In 1990, a house next to the church was purchased and converted into a rectory.
Jefferson is a town in and the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. [4] At the 2020 census, the population was 1,622. [5] History.
Ashe County and the cities of Asheville and Asheboro in North Carolina are named in his honor. [5] Ashe was a slave owner, and one such person, Amar, was a West African woman kidnapped and brought to America in 1735 aboard a ship called The Doddington. Legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe was a direct descendant of Amar.