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Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,356. [2] Its county seat is Elizabethton. [3] The county is named in honor of Landon Carter (1760–1800), an early settler active in the "Lost State of Franklin" 1784-1788 secession from the State of North Carolina.
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Elizabethton (/ ə ˈ l ɪ z ə b ɛ θ t ə n / [7]) is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. [8] Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of both the Eastern Continental Divide and the original Thirteen Colonies.
Snake Mountain, viewed from Trade Mountainous terrain near Laurel Bloomery. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 303 square miles (780 km 2), of which 298 square miles (770 km 2) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km 2) (1.4%) is water.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The park consists of 70 acres (28.3 ha) situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general ...
Location mi km Destinations Notes 0.0: 0.0: SR 361 (Dry Creek Road/Gap Creek Road) – Pine Crest, Hampton: Southern terminus; provides access to Laurels Recreation Area of the Cherokee National Forest: Elizabethton: 5.7: 9.2: US 321 / SR 67 / SR 91 (W Elk Avenue) – Johnson City, Central, Hunter, Hampton: Northern terminus
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Other nearby Tennessee cities and communities include Hampton, Elizabethton, Roan Mountain, Mountain City, Johnson City, and Bristol. Watauga Lake covers parts of Johnson and Carter Counties . Another much smaller nearby lake that is not part of the TVA system is the Ripshin Lake located 6 mi (9.7 km) SW of Roan Mountain .