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Carter County, Tennessee
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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. Its county seat is Elizabethton. 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. Carter County is part of the Johnson City, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, located in northeastern Tennessee.
Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton
Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton
The main waterfall at Blue Hole Falls, located northeast of Elizabethton on Holston Mountain.
The main waterfall at Blue Hole Falls, located northeast of Elizabethton on Holston Mountain.
Elk Avenue in Elizabethton
Elk Avenue in Elizabethton
U.S. 19E in Roan Mountain
U.S. 19E in Roan Mountain
Elizabethton, Tennessee
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Elizabethton is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government located west of both the Eastern Continental Divide and the original Thirteen Colonies.
Downtown Elizabethton, July 4 parade (2008)
Downtown Elizabethton, July 4 parade (2008)
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52)
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap (George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–52)
Gravestone of Samuel Tipton, "Founder of Elizabethton", located at the Green Hill Cemetery (West Mill Street). Tipton donated the land for the town th
Gravestone of Samuel Tipton, "Founder of Elizabethton", located at the Green Hill Cemetery (West Mill Street). Tipton donated the land for the town that would initially be known as Tiptonville within the State of Franklin, and later as Elizabethton after Tennessee was admitted into the United States of America.
Rear Admiral/Brevet Major GeneralSamuel P. Carter
Rear Admiral/Brevet Major GeneralSamuel P. Carter