Place:Maggie Valley, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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NameMaggie Valley
Alt namesMaggiesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37017778
TypeTown
Coordinates35.514°N 83.067°W
Located inHaywood, North Carolina, United States
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Maggie Valley is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,150 at the 2010 census. A popular tourist destination, it is home to Cataloochee Ski Area and the former Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park. Maggie Valley is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community gets its name from Maggie Mae Setzer; her father John "Jack" Sidney Setzer founded the area's first post office and named it after one of his daughters.

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