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Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 57,424. Its county seat is Elizabethton. The county is named in honor of Landon Carter (1760-1800), an early settler active in the "Lost State of Franklin" 1784-1788 secession from the State of North Carolina. Carter County is part of the Johnson City, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, located in northeastern Tennessee.
Early history
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Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1790 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1794 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1795 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1796 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1804 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1881 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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1800 | 4,813
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1810 | 4,190
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1820 | 4,835
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1830 | 6,414
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1840 | 5,372
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1850 | 6,296
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1860 | 7,124
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1870 | 7,909
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1880 | 10,019
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1890 | 13,389
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1900 | 16,688
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1910 | 19,838
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1920 | 21,488
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1930 | 29,223
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1940 | 35,127
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1950 | 42,432
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1960 | 41,578
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1970 | 42,575
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1980 | 50,205
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1990 | 51,505
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Carter County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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