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This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Watauga County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
Valle Crucis in an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States.The name of the town is Latin for "Vale of the Cross," a reference to a valley in the area where three streams converge to form a shape similar to an archbishop's cross. [3]
Valle Crucis Historic District is a national historic district located at Valle Crucis, Watauga County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 7 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Valle Crucis.
The Watauga Democrat is a weekly newspaper published in Boone, North Carolina. [2] It was first published in 1888 to share news about the local Democratic Party; today, it chronicles general local news in Watauga County. The Watauga Democrat was named a newspaper of general excellence by the North Carolina Press Association. [3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 313.32 square miles (811.5 km 2), of which 312.44 square miles (809.2 km 2) is land and 0.88 square miles (2.3 km 2) (0.28%) is water. [8] Watauga County is extremely mountainous, and all of the county's terrain is located within the Appalachian Mountains range.
Graham County had Appalachian North Carolina's highest poverty rating, with 19.5% of its residents living below the poverty line. Forsyth had Appalachian North Carolina's highest per capita income at $26,987. Watauga County's unemployment rate of 2.3% was lowest of all 420 counties in the Appalachian region. [8]
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California Valley was a Spanish land grant, the El Chicote Ranch, that was used for seasonal cattle raising. Local newspaper archives suggest that outlaws hid in California Valley from time to time up until the 1930s. The Spanish land grant was parceled out in 1960 into over 7,200 2.5 acre (10,000 m 2) sections by optimistic real estate developers.