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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.
NC 194 in Newland: c. 1928: current NC 182 — — NC 26 (now NC 226) in Polkville: NC 18 in Bellwood: 1930: 1938 First form; mostly replaced by NC 27 (now NC 10) and eastern section downgraded to SR 1621 and an extension of SR 1614 in exchange for extending NC 27 on a route further north NC 182: 23.3: 37.5 NC 226 in Polkville
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]
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 ...
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]
North Carolina Highway 176 (NC 176) was established around 1928 and traversed from NC 181, ... US 221 north to NC 105 (Newland Highway) – Linville, Boone, ...
NC 194 is an original state highway that traveled between NC 19, in Woodlawn, and NC 69, in Minneapolis; connecting Altamont and Newland along its routing. [4] In 1923, NC 194 was rerouted north from Newland to NC 69, in Cranberry ; its old alignment, which paralleled the ETWN "Tweetsie" Railroad , became Old Toe River Road (SR 1157).