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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.
Embreeville was once a mining community. Lead was first mined, reportedly used in bullets fired at the British in 1780 in the Battle of Kings Mountain.In 1812, William Chester, the owner of the Chester Inn located in nearby Jonesborough, bought 260 acres (110 ha) near the mouth of Bumpus Cove and built a crude beehive iron forge built with native rocks.
The hotel's facade was made from sandstone from a quarry located on the premises. The lobby had a beautiful tile floor and an adjacent reading room. Home-cooked meals were prepared for the hotel's guests, largely from on-site facilities that included a dairy farm for milk, chickens for eggs and poultry, a large vegetable garden, and hog lot for ...
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.
Location of Loudon County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Loudon County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Up until 1838, the Tennessee River was the dividing line between Hamilton County and the Cherokee country. That year, the community of Ross's Landing was surveyed, and in 1839 the village of Chattanooga was established north of the mouth of Chattanooga Creek. In 1840, the state of Tennessee began to sell the property formerly owned by the ...
Biltmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee.It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [3]It is in the northwest part of the county, with the city of Elizabethton, the county seat, bordering it to the south, across the Watauga River.
Trenton is located in central Gibson County at (35.973627, −88.941569 U.S. Route 45W passes through the east side of the city, bypassing downtown. It leads north 33 miles (53 km) to Union City and south 30 miles (48 km) to Jackson.