- Name
- Watauga
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- Alternate names
- Watauga (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 36.233°N 81.7°W
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- Located in
- North Carolina, United States (1849 - )
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- See also
- Ashe, North Carolina, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Avery, North Carolina, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Burke, North Carolina, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Mitchell, North Carolina, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Wilkes, North Carolina, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Yancey, North Carolina, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Inhabited place
- Aho
- Amantha
- Ansley Heights
- Bamboo
- Bethel
- Blairmont
- Blowing Rock
- Boone Fork
- Boone
- Dougherty Heights
- Echo Park
- Forest Grove
- Foscoe
- Green Hill
- Hemlock Ridge
- Hillcrest
- Hogetown
- Hounds Ear
- Kellerville
- Kelsey
- Laurel Park
- Laxon
- Leander
- Lovill
- Mabel
- Mast
- Matney
- Meat Camp
- Mill Ridge
- Moretz
- New River Heights
- Norris
- North Fork
- Oak Grove
- Peoria
- Poplar Grove
- Pottertown
- Powderhorn Mountain
- Reese
- Rominger
- Rutherwood
- Sands
- Sherwood
- Shulls Mill
- Silverstone
- Ski Mountain
- Soda Hill
- Solo
- Sorrento Skies
- Stony Fork
- Sugar Grove
- Sweetwater
- Triplett
- Valle Crucis
- Vilas
- Watauga Falls
- Zionville
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Watauga County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 42,695. Its county seat is Boone,6
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
The county was formed in 1849 from parts of Ashe County, Caldwell County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County. It was named for the Watauga River, whose name is said to be a Native American word meaning "beautiful water."
In 1861 parts of Watauga County, Burke County, Caldwell County, McDowell County, and Yancey County were combined to form Mitchell County. In 1911, parts of Watauga County, Caldwell County, and Mitchell County were combined to form Avery County.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1830 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1858 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1914 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 3,400
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| 1860 | 4,957
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| 1870 | 5,287
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| 1880 | 8,160
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| 1890 | 10,611
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| 1900 | 13,417
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| 1910 | 13,556
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| 1920 | 13,477
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| 1930 | 15,165
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| 1940 | 18,114
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| 1950 | 18,342
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| 1960 | 17,529
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| 1970 | 23,404
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| 1980 | 31,666
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| 1990 | 36,952
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Research Tips
External links
www.wataugacounty.org
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