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Newland is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 715 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Avery County. [5] By elevation, Newland is the highest county seat located east of the Mississippi River. [6] [7]
Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. [1] The county seat is Newland. [2] The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed, but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
Virginia state line: NC 16 (now NC 88) in Warrensville: 1930: 1937 First form; renumbered NC 162 NC 161: 10.6: 17.1 SC 161 at the South Carolina state line: NC 274 in Bessemer City: 1937: current Second form NC 162 — — Virginia state line: NC 88 in Warrensville: 1930: 1937 First form; replaced by NC 194: NC 162: 7.5: 12.1
According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
The townships of North Carolina. The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 1,035 townships in 100 ... Newland: Pasquotank: 2,791 Newland No. 1: Avery: 1,189 ...
The earliest inhabitants in the Toe River valley area were both the Catawba and Cherokee Indians; though neither lived in the area permanently, it is believed both tribes used the area as a hunting ground. [4]
North Carolina Highway 176 (NC 176) was established around 1928 and traversed from NC 181, in Pineola, north to NC 175, in Linville. In 1930 it was decommissioned in favor of an extension of NC 181. In 1930 it was decommissioned in favor of an extension of NC 181.