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class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Lakes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lakes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Rivers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Waterfalls" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Waterfalls"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Waterfalls</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Waterfalls-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjacent_counties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjacent_counties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Adjacent counties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjacent_counties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_protected_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_protected_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>National protected areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_protected_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_protected_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_protected_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>State protected areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_protected_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_highways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_highways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Major highways</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="#Other_unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Other unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_K%C5%ABn_(Tennessee)" title="Carter Kūn (Tennessee) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Carter Kūn (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Картър (окръг, Тенеси) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Картър (окръг, Тенеси)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Carter County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Tennessee)" title="Carter County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Carter County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Carter County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County_(Tennessee)" title="Carter County (Tennessee) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Carter County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_(%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF)" title="Κομητεία Κάρτερ (Τενεσί) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Κάρτερ (Τενεσί)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Carter_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Carter (Tennessee) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Carter (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_konderria_(Tennessee)" title="Carter konderria (Tennessee) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Carter konderria (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شهرستان کارتر، تنسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کارتر، تنسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Carter_(Tennessee)" title="Comté de Carter (Tennessee) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Carter (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Carter,_Tennessee" title="Contae Carter, Tennessee – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Carter, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="کارتر ٚ شأرستان (تنسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کارتر ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%ED%84%B0%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%85%8C%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%A3%BC)" title="카터군 (테네시주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카터군 (테네시주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB)" title="Քարտեր շրջան (Թենեսի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քարտեր շրջան (Թենեսի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF" title="চার্টার কাউন্টি, টেনেসি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="চার্টার কাউন্টি, টেনেসি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Carter_(Tennessee)" title="Contea di Carter (Tennessee) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Carter (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Comitatus_(Tennesia)" title="Carter Comitatus (Tennesia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Carter Comitatus (Tennesia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_megye_(Tennessee)" title="Carter megye (Tennessee) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Carter megye (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C)" title="کارتر شهرستان (تنسی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کارتر شهرستان (تنسی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G%C3%B4ng_(Tennessee)" title="Carter Gông (Tennessee) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Carter Gông (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County_(Tennessee)" title="Carter County (Tennessee) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Carter County (Tennessee)" 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hreflang="nds" data-title="Carter County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Carter_(Tennessee)" title="Hrabstwo Carter (Tennessee) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Carter (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Carter_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Carter (Tennessee) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Carter (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Carter,_Tennessee" title="Comitatul Carter, Tennessee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Carter, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Картер (округ, Теннесси) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Картер (округ, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_County_(Tennessee)" title="Carter County (Tennessee) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Carter County (Tennessee)" 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title="Картер (округ, Теннесси) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Картер (округ, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_ili,_Tennessee" title="Carter ili, Tennessee – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Carter ili, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96)" title="Картер (округ, Теннессі) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Картер (округ, Теннессі)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Carter County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton"><img alt="Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg/300px-Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg/450px-Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg/600px-Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3920" data-file-height="2934" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Carter County Courthouse in <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Carter_County,_Tennessee.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Carter County"><img alt="Flag of Carter County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png/100px-Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png/150px-Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png/200px-Flag_of_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Carter County"><img alt="Official seal of Carter County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg/100px-Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg/150px-Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Carter_County_tn_seal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee"><img alt="Map of Tennessee highlighting Carter County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Carter_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3907" data-file-height="958" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tennessee's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/300px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/450px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tennessee_in_United_States.svg/600px-Tennessee_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Tennessee's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Carter_County,_Tennessee&params=36.3_N_82.12_W_type:city(56356)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°18′N</span> <span class="longitude">82°07′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.3°N 82.12°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.3; -82.12</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1796</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Landon Carter<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabethton</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">348 sq mi (900 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">341 sq mi (880 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">6.4 sq mi (17 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">56,356</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">56,410 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">160/sq mi (63/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 1st congressional district">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cartercountytn.gov">www<wbr />.cartercountytn<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Carter County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 56,356.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its county seat is <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is named in honor of Landon Carter (1760–1800), an early settler active in the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin" title="State of Franklin">"Lost State of Franklin"</a> 1784-1788 <a href="/wiki/Secession" title="Secession">secession</a> from the State of North Carolina. Carter County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a>, TN <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson City metropolitan area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>, which is a component of the Johnson City–<a href="/wiki/Kingsport,_Tennessee" title="Kingsport, Tennessee">Kingsport</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee" title="Bristol, Tennessee">Bristol</a>, TN-<a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">VA</a> <a href="/wiki/Combined_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Statistical Area">Combined Statistical Area</a>, located in northeastern Tennessee. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carolinacolony.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Carolinacolony.png/240px-Carolinacolony.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Carolinacolony.png/360px-Carolinacolony.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Carolinacolony.png/480px-Carolinacolony.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1048" /></a><figcaption>A map of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The area was originally claimed by Britain as part of the Clarendon settlements of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a>, although actually populated at the time by the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a>. </p><p>The area was part of (though seldom actually administered by) the following jurisdictions in its early history: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover Precinct (1729–1734)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen County (1734–1749)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson County (1749–1753)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rowan County, North Carolina">Rowan County (1753–1775)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Watauga_Association">Watauga Association</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Watauga Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is named for <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> Landon Carter,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of John Carter of <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a>, who was "chairman of the court" of the first majority-rule system of American democracy, known as the <a href="/wiki/Watauga_Association" title="Watauga Association">Watauga Association</a> of 1772. The association was the first permanent settlement established outside the original thirteen American colonies and included the area that is today's Carter County. In 1775, the Association was absorbed into <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Colony">North Carolina</a> by petition, becoming known thereafter as the <a href="/wiki/Washington_District,_North_Carolina" title="Washington District, North Carolina">Washington District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Wayne_County_in_the_State_of_Franklin">As Wayne County in the State of Franklin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As Wayne County in the State of Franklin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/J._G._M._Ramsey" title="J. G. M. Ramsey">J. G. M. Ramsey</a> records within his 1853 <i>Annals of Tennessee</i> that the State of Franklin established Wayne County from sections of both Washington County and a part of Wilkes County "lying west of the extreme heights of the Apalachian or Alleghany Mountains, into a separate and distinct county by the name of Wayne... This new county covered the same territory now embraced in the limits of Carter and Johnson counties."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county seat, Elizabethton, is named for Carter's wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most East Tennessee counties, Carter Countians opposed secession on the eve of the Civil War. In Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession referendum on June 8, 1861, Carter Countians rejected secession by a vote of 1,343 to 86.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A railroad bridge at Carter's Depot (modern <a href="/wiki/Watauga,_Tennessee" title="Watauga, Tennessee">Watauga</a>) was among those targeted by the <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings" title="East Tennessee bridge burnings">East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy</a> in November 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_railroad">Early railroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter County was served by the <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge">narrow gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_and_Western_North_Carolina_Railroad" title="East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad">East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad</a> (The <i>ET&WNC</i>, nicknamed "Tweetsie") until the line ceased operations in 1950. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 348 square miles (900 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 341 square miles (880 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 6.4 square miles (17 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.8%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter County is situated entirely within the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a>, specifically the <a href="/wiki/Unaka_Range" title="Unaka Range">Unaka Range</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Mountains" title="Iron Mountains">Iron Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain_(Roan_Highlands)" title="Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)">Roan Mountain</a>, which at 6,285 feet (1,916 m) is the highest point in Tennessee outside the <a href="/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains" title="Great Smoky Mountains">Great Smoky Mountains</a>, straddles the county's eastern border with North Carolina. The county's boundary with Sullivan County is defined as the ridgeline of <a href="/wiki/Holston_Mountain" title="Holston Mountain">Holston Mountain</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakes">Lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_Lake" title="Watauga Lake">Watauga Lake</a></li> <li>Wilbur Reservoir (immediately below the TVA <a href="/wiki/Watauga_Dam" title="Watauga Dam">Watauga Dam</a> Lat: 36.3408 Lon: -82.1203]</li> <li>Ripshin Lake (6 km southwest of <a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain_(Roan_Highlands)" title="Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)">Roan Mountain</a> Lat: 36.1838646 Lon: -82.1356583)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers">Rivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_River" title="Watauga River">Watauga River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doe_River" title="Doe River">Doe River</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterfalls">Waterfalls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Waterfalls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlueHole.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/BlueHole.jpg/220px-BlueHole.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/BlueHole.jpg/330px-BlueHole.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/BlueHole.jpg/440px-BlueHole.jpg 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>The main waterfall at Blue Hole Falls, located northeast of Elizabethton on <a href="/wiki/Holston_Mountain" title="Holston Mountain">Holston Mountain</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>CTF015 Big Laurel Br. Falls 50' <br />lake</li> <li>CTF001 Blue Hole Falls (4) 45'<br /> <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_National_Forest" title="Cherokee National Forest">Cherokee National Forest</a></li> <li>CTF018 Hardcore Cascades 12' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF002 Coon Den Falls 50' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF003 Dennis Cove Falls 25' <br />wilderness</li> <li>CTF005 Firescald Branch Falls <br />wilderness</li> <li>CTF016 Five Eights <br />lake</li> <li>CTF006 Jones Falls 100' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF007 Laurel Falls 55' <br />wilderness</li> <li>CTF010 Laurel Falls (m) 25' <br />wilderness</li> <li>CTF011 Laurel Falls (u) 25' <br />wilderness</li> <li>CTF014 Mountaineer Falls 20' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF012 North Fork Stony Creek Falls 30' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF008 Sally Cove Creek Falls 25'</li> <li>CTF009 Twisting Falls 30' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF013 Splash Dam Falls 25' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li> <li>CTF017 Hays Branch Falls 18' <br />Cherokee National Forest</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee" title="Sullivan County, Tennessee">Sullivan County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Tennessee" title="Johnson County, Tennessee">Johnson County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Avery County, North Carolina">Avery County, North Carolina</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina">Mitchell County, North Carolina</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicoi_County,_Tennessee" title="Unicoi County, Tennessee">Unicoi County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Tennessee" title="Washington County, Tennessee">Washington County</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_areas">National protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: National protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail" title="Appalachian Trail">Appalachian Trail</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_National_Forest" title="Cherokee National Forest">Cherokee National Forest</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_protected_areas">State protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: State protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sycamore_Shoals_State_Historic_Area" title="Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area">Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain_State_Park" title="Roan Mountain State Park">Roan Mountain State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Hill" title="Sabine Hill">Sabine Hill State Historic Site</a></li> <li>Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area</li> <li>Watauga River Bluffs State Natural Area</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/US_19E.svg/30px-US_19E.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/US_19E.svg/45px-US_19E.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/US_19E.svg/60px-US_19E.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19E_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 19E in Tennessee">US 19E</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/US_321.svg/30px-US_321.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tennessee_67.svg/30px-Tennessee_67.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tennessee_67.svg/45px-Tennessee_67.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Tennessee_67.svg/60px-Tennessee_67.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_67" title="Tennessee State Route 67">SR 67</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Secondary_Tennessee_91.svg/24px-Secondary_Tennessee_91.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Secondary_Tennessee_91.svg/36px-Secondary_Tennessee_91.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tennessee_159.svg/30px-Tennessee_159.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tennessee_159.svg/45px-Tennessee_159.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tennessee_159.svg/60px-Tennessee_159.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_159" title="Tennessee State Route 159">SR 159</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Secondary_Tennessee_173.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_173.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Secondary_Tennessee_173.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_173.svg.png 1.5x, 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alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_361.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_361" title="Tennessee State Route 361">SR 361</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Secondary_Tennessee_362.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_362.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Secondary_Tennessee_362.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_362.svg.png 1.5x, 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id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter County is served by the Carter County Sheriff's Office, located in Elizabethton. During the Local General Election on August 4, 2022, Mike Fraley overcame the Independent candidate to become Sheriff of Carter County. Sheriff Fraley took over Official Duties as Sheriff on September 1.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheriff Fraley's term will run September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2026. Its duties include patrol of the county and all jail and prisoner matters.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Elizabethton Police Department services the City of Elizabethton inside Carter County. As of 2018, the Chief of Police is Jason Shaw.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Carter County, Tennessee (Bristol-Johnson City) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.0<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.9<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.4<br />(19.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.2<br />(24.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.6<br />(29.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.1<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.2<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">66.6<br />(19.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.4<br />(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.1<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.6<br />(23.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.9<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.7<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">55.5<br />(13.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(−4.3) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.4<br />(6.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(110) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(66) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.7<br />(1,030) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #4B4BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.6<br />(40) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000D9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Climate-zone.com<sup id="cite_ref-climate-zone_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climate-zone-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>4,813</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>4,190</td><td></td><td>−12.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>4,835</td><td></td><td>15.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>6,414</td><td></td><td>32.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>5,372</td><td></td><td>−16.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>6,296</td><td></td><td>17.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>7,124</td><td></td><td>13.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>7,909</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>10,019</td><td></td><td>26.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>13,389</td><td></td><td>33.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>16,688</td><td></td><td>24.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>19,838</td><td></td><td>18.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>21,488</td><td></td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>29,223</td><td></td><td>36.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>35,127</td><td></td><td>20.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>42,432</td><td></td><td>20.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>41,578</td><td></td><td>−2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>42,575</td><td></td><td>2.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>50,205</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>51,505</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>56,742</td><td></td><td>10.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>57,424</td><td></td><td>1.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>56,356</td><td></td><td>−1.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">56,410</td><td></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2014<sup id="cite_ref-QF_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/USA_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/225px-USA_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/USA_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/300px-USA_Carter_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Age pyramid Carter County<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Carter County racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>51,790 </td> <td>91.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>702 </td> <td>1.25% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>153 </td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>231 </td> <td>0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>7 </td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>2,292 </td> <td>4.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>1,181 </td> <td>2.1% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 56,356 people, 23,784 households, and 15,256 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 56,742 people, 23,486 households, and 16,346 families residing in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday2010tncensus_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday2010tncensus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 166 people per square mile (64 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 25,920 housing units at an average density of 76 units per square mile (29/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 97.49% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 1.00% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.20% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.26% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.27% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 23,486 households, out of which 28.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.40% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.83. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.40% under the age of 18, 9.20% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $27,371, and the median income for a family was $33,825. Males had a median income of $26,394 versus $19,687 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $14,678. About 12.80% of families and 16.90% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 23.00% of those under age 18 and 16.00% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the county is in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County_School_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carter County School District (page does not exist)">Carter County School District</a>, while portions in the Elizabethton city limits are in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elizabethton_City_School_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elizabethton City School District (page does not exist)">Elizabethton City School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schools include: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Central Elementary School</li> <li>Cloudland Elementary School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloudland_High_School" title="Cloudland High School">Cloudland High School</a></li> <li>East Side Elementary School (city)</li> <li>Elizabethton High School (city)</li> <li>Hampton Elementary School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_High_School_(Hampton,_Tennessee)" title="Hampton High School (Hampton, Tennessee)">Hampton High School</a></li> <li>Happy Valley Elementary School</li> <li>Happy Valley Middle School</li> <li>Happy Valley High School</li> <li>Harold McCormick Elementary School (city)</li> <li>Hunter Elementary School</li> <li>Keenburg Elementary School</li> <li>Little Milligan Elementary School</li> <li>T.A. Dugger Junior High School (city)</li> <li>Unaka Elementary School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unaka_High_School" title="Unaka High School">Unaka High School</a></li> <li>Valley Forge Elementary</li> <li>West Side Elementary School (city)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_State_Community_College" title="Northeast State Community College">Northeast State Community College</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Colleges_of_Applied_Technology" title="Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology">Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology</a> have satellite campuses in <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milligan_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Milligan College">Milligan College</a>'s main campus and <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Christian_Seminary" title="Emmanuel Christian Seminary">Emmanuel Christian Seminary</a> are located in the community of <a href="/wiki/Milligan_College,_Tennessee" title="Milligan College, Tennessee">Milligan College</a>, part of Elizabethton.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg/220px-Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg/330px-Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg/440px-Elk-Avenue-Elizabethton-tn1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3953" data-file-height="2953" /></a><figcaption>Elk Avenue in <a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg/220px-Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg/330px-Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg/440px-Roan-Mountain-19E-tn1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3933" data-file-height="2940" /></a><figcaption>U.S. 19E in <a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain,_Tennessee" title="Roan Mountain, Tennessee">Roan Mountain</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethton,_Tennessee" title="Elizabethton, Tennessee">Elizabethton</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a> (mostly in <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Tennessee" title="Washington County, Tennessee">Washington County</a> and a small portion in <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee" title="Sullivan County, Tennessee">Sullivan County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watauga,_Tennessee" title="Watauga, Tennessee">Watauga</a> (small part in <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Tennessee" title="Washington County, Tennessee">Washington County</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biltmore,_Tennessee" title="Biltmore, Tennessee">Biltmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central,_Tennessee" title="Central, Tennessee">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Tennessee" title="Hampton, Tennessee">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter,_Tennessee" title="Hunter, Tennessee">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Crest,_Tennessee" title="Pine Crest, Tennessee">Pine Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain,_Tennessee" title="Roan Mountain, Tennessee">Roan Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Forge,_Tennessee" title="Valley Forge, Tennessee">Valley Forge</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Spring,_Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Big Spring, Carter County, Tennessee">Big Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitter_End,_Tennessee" title="Bitter End, Tennessee">Bitter End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler,_Tennessee" title="Butler, Tennessee">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter,_Tennessee" title="Carter, Tennessee">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fish_Springs,_Tennessee" title="Fish Springs, Tennessee">Fish Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Fork,_Tennessee" title="Laurel Fork, Tennessee">Laurel Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milligan_College,_Tennessee" title="Milligan College, Tennessee">Milligan College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoney_Creek,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoney Creek, Tennessee">Stoney Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Valley,_Tennessee" title="Tiger Valley, Tennessee">Tiger Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winner,_Tennessee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Winner, Tennessee (page does not exist)">Winner</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter County is a Republican stronghold, and, like most of East Tennessee, has voted consistently Republican since the Civil War. Carter County is even more heavily Republican than many other counties in East Tennessee and has not been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since before the Civil War. Since then, only one Democrat, southerner <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1976</a> (who also won several traditionally Republican counties in East Tennessee), has received over 40% of the popular vote. </p><p>Most recent Carter County Mayor Rusty Barnett died on September 21, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Carter County, Tennessee<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20,165 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>81.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,454 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17.92% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">231 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,584 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>79.96%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,529 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">379 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,898 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>80.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,453 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">733 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,503 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,789 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">325 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,852 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.82%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,587 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">330 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,768 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.67%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,395 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,111 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,724 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">267 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,540 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.65%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,218 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,524 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,712 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.82%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,502 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,976 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,036 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,634 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.62% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">108 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,153 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.35%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,642 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.89% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">138 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,648 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.44%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,006 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.22% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">423 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,934 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,443 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.08% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">133 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,102 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>82.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,191 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16.21% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">221 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,467 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.68%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,160 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,009 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,472 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,326 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,214 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>77.31%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,412 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">172 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,218 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>78.80%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,933 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">85 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,019 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,707 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.86% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">118 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,943 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.94%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,809 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">216 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,873 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>74.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,662 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.35% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,238 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,171 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.50% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,858 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,837 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1932 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,055 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,574 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.74% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1928 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,934 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>90.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">512 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,657 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>86.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">551 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1920 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,059 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>89.99%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">674 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1916 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,961 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>85.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">498 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#C97979"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,243 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.08% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">478 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; 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href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Divisions of Tennessee">Grand Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Valley" title="Great Appalachian Valley">Great Appalachian Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_embayment" title="Mississippi embayment">Mississippi embayment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Basin" title="Nashville Basin">Nashville Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee" title="List of municipalities in Tennessee">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Tennessee" title="List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area" title="Chattanooga metropolitan area">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol_metropolitan_area" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area">Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_metropolitan_area" title="Knoxville metropolitan area">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_metropolitan_area" title="Morristown metropolitan area">Morristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined<br />statistical areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga%E2%80%93Cleveland%E2%80%93Dalton_combined_statistical_area" title="Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area">Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cookeville_micropolitan_area" title="Cookeville micropolitan area">Cookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullahoma%E2%80%93Manchester_micropolitan_area" title="Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area">Tullahoma–Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City_micropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Union City micropolitan area, Tennessee">Union City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Anderson County, Tennessee">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee" title="Bledsoe County, Tennessee">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Tennessee" title="Bradley County, Tennessee">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee" title="Campbell County, Tennessee">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Tennessee" title="Carroll County, Tennessee">Carroll</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheatham_County,_Tennessee" title="Cheatham County, Tennessee">Cheatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Tennessee" title="Chester County, Tennessee">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee" title="Clay County, Tennessee">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Tennessee" title="Crockett County, Tennessee">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee" title="Cumberland County, Tennessee">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Tennessee" title="Decatur County, Tennessee">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee" title="DeKalb County, Tennessee">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyer_County,_Tennessee" title="Dyer County, Tennessee">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fentress_County,_Tennessee" title="Fentress County, Tennessee">Fentress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Tennessee" title="Franklin County, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee" title="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee" title="Giles County, Tennessee">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee" title="Grundy County, Tennessee">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamblen_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamblen County, Tennessee">Hamblen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamilton County, Tennessee">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Tennessee" title="Hancock County, Tennessee">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardeman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardeman County, Tennessee">Hardeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee" title="Hardin County, Tennessee">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee" title="Hawkins County, Tennessee">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" title="Haywood County, Tennessee">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Henderson County, Tennessee">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Tennessee" title="Henry County, Tennessee">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Tennessee" title="Hickman County, Tennessee">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphreys_County,_Tennessee" title="Humphreys County, Tennessee">Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jackson County, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jefferson County, Tennessee">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Tennessee" title="Johnson County, Tennessee">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee" title="Knox County, Tennessee">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Tennessee" title="Lake County, Tennessee">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Lauderdale County, Tennessee">Lauderdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Tennessee" title="Lawrence County, Tennessee">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_Tennessee" title="Lewis County, Tennessee">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee" title="Lincoln County, Tennessee">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudon_County,_Tennessee" title="Loudon County, Tennessee">Loudon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Tennessee" title="Macon County, Tennessee">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Tennessee" title="Madison County, Tennessee">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Tennessee" title="Marion County, Tennessee">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Tennessee" title="Marshall County, Tennessee">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maury_County,_Tennessee" title="Maury County, Tennessee">Maury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMinn_County,_Tennessee" title="McMinn County, Tennessee">McMinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McNairy_County,_Tennessee" title="McNairy County, Tennessee">McNairy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meigs_County,_Tennessee" title="Meigs County, Tennessee">Meigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Tennessee" title="Monroe County, Tennessee">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Tennessee" title="Montgomery County, Tennessee">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_Tennessee" title="Moore County, Tennessee">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Tennessee" title="Morgan County, Tennessee">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obion_County,_Tennessee" title="Obion County, Tennessee">Obion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_County,_Tennessee" title="Overton County, Tennessee">Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Tennessee" title="Perry County, Tennessee">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickett_County,_Tennessee" title="Pickett County, Tennessee">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Tennessee" title="Polk County, Tennessee">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Tennessee" title="Putnam County, Tennessee">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhea_County,_Tennessee" title="Rhea County, Tennessee">Rhea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roane_County,_Tennessee" title="Roane County, Tennessee">Roane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Tennessee" title="Robertson County, Tennessee">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Tennessee" title="Scott County, Tennessee">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sequatchie_County,_Tennessee" title="Sequatchie County, Tennessee">Sequatchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevier_County,_Tennessee" title="Sevier County, Tennessee">Sevier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Tennessee" title="Smith County, Tennessee">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_County,_Tennessee" title="Stewart County, Tennessee">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee" title="Sullivan County, Tennessee">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumner_County,_Tennessee" title="Sumner County, Tennessee">Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_County,_Tennessee" title="Tipton County, Tennessee">Tipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trousdale_County,_Tennessee" title="Trousdale County, Tennessee">Trousdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicoi_County,_Tennessee" title="Unicoi County, Tennessee">Unicoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Tennessee" title="Union County, Tennessee">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Buren_County,_Tennessee" title="Van Buren County, Tennessee">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Tennessee" title="Warren County, Tennessee">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Tennessee" title="Washington County, Tennessee">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Tennessee" title="Wayne County, Tennessee">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weakley_County,_Tennessee" title="Weakley County, Tennessee">Weakley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_County,_Tennessee" title="White County, Tennessee">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee" title="Williamson County, Tennessee">Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee" title="Wilson County, Tennessee">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/32px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/48px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:State_of_Franklin" title="Category:State of Franklin">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_Association" title="Watauga Association">Watauga Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin#Cession_and_rescindment" title="State of Franklin">Background</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin#Secessionist_movement" title="State of Franklin">Secession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin#Independent_republic" title="State of Franklin">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Franklin#Franklin's_end" title="State of Franklin">Dissolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tennessee#State_of_Franklin" title="History of Tennessee">Brief history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physiographic_province" title="Physiographic province">Topographic Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographic features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Gap" title="Cumberland Gap">Cumberland Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_River" title="Hiwassee River">Hiwassee River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holston_River" title="Holston River">Holston River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_(Tennessee)" title="Long Island (Tennessee)">Long Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolichucky_River" title="Nolichucky River">Nolichucky River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sycamore_Shoals" title="Sycamore Shoals">Sycamore Shoals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_River" title="Watauga River">Watauga River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greeneville,_Tennessee" title="Greeneville, Tennessee">Greeneville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogersville,_Tennessee" title="Rogersville, Tennessee">Rogersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonesborough,_Tennessee" title="Jonesborough, Tennessee">Jonesborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport,_Tennessee" title="Kingsport, Tennessee">Salt Lick</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kingsport,_Tennessee" title="Kingsport, Tennessee">Kingsport</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White%27s_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="White's Fort">White's Fort</a> (<a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The western counties of<br />North Carolina</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_District,_North_Carolina" title="Washington District, North Carolina">The Washington District</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></b></li> <li><b>Caswell</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamblen_County,_Tennessee" title="Hamblen County, Tennessee">Hamblen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee" title="Jefferson County, Tennessee">Jefferson</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Greene</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee" title="Greene County, Tennessee">Greene</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee" title="Hawkins County, Tennessee">Spencer</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sevier_County,_Tennessee" title="Sevier County, Tennessee">Sevier</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee" title="Sullivan County, Tennessee">Sullivan</a></b></li> <li><b>Washington</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unicoi_County,_Tennessee" title="Unicoi County, 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title="Samuel Doak">Samuel Doak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hardin,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Hardin, Sr.">Col. 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