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    Watauga County (/wəˈtɔːɡə/ wuh-TAW-guh) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,086. Its...
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    town in Watauga and Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,397 at the 2021 census. The Caldwell County portion of...
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    town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the...
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  • Thumbnail for Deep Gap, North Carolina
    Deep Gap is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The community is named after the natural gap, called...
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    The Watauga River (/wəˈtɔːɡə/) is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is 78.5 miles (126.3 km) long with its headwaters in...
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    Sugar Grove is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is named after the sugar maples that grow in the...
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  • Appalachian State University began in 1899 when a group of residents in Watauga County, under the leadership of Blanford B. Dougherty and his brother Dauphin...
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  • Watauga can refer to: Places Watauga, Kentucky Watauga County, North Carolina Watauga, South Dakota Watauga, Tennessee Watauga, Texas Bodies of Water Watauga...
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  • Thumbnail for Bass Lake (Watauga County, North Carolina)
    (8.9 ha) man-made lake or reservoir located in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The Moses H. Cone estate, also called Flat Top...
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    unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The name of the town is Latin for "Vale of the...
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    Peak Mountain in Avery County, North Carolina and end at the Watauga River in Carter County, Tennessee. With the headwaters beginning from the Northwestern...
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    Michael Whatley (category People from Watauga County, North Carolina)
    the North Carolina Republican Party for five years, the last year of which he also served as the RNC's general counsel. Whatley is from Watauga County, North...
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  • Thumbnail for Jones House (Boone, North Carolina)
    Jones House is a historic home located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, cubic, Colonial Revival /...
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  • Elk Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp. Its elevation reaches 5,538 feet (1,688 m). The mountain...
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    state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country...
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    Taylor in 1848 to carry North Carolina while losing both Wake County and Mecklenburg County, the two most populous counties and home to the cities of...
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    of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and includes parts of Watauga County, North Carolina, and Johnson County, Tennessee. It has two peaks, the higher of which...
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    US 321. The highway traverses through seven counties: Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga, and Avery. US 321 has six control cities: Gastonia...
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    western frontier governments in the trans-Appalachian region. North Carolina annexed the Watauga settlement area, by then known as the Washington District...
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  • Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house...
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    The North Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It rises in Northern Watauga County, and flows northeast to Ashe County where...
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  • Vilas is an unincorporated community in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located at Linville Creek, along U.S. Route 321...
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  • Thumbnail for Seven Devils, North Carolina
    Seven Devils is a town in Avery and Watauga counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 313 at the 2020 census. The town, which is...
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  • Thumbnail for Beech Mountain, North Carolina
    Beech Mountain is a town in both Avery and Watauga counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 320. The...
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    Grandfather Mountain (category Protected areas of Watauga County, North Carolina)
    the meeting point of Avery, Caldwell (highest point), and Watauga (highest point) counties. Until 2008, Grandfather Mountain was privately owned and operated...
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    Blue Ridge Parkway (category Protected areas of Watauga County, North Carolina)
    park in the U.S., runs for 469 miles (755 km) through 29 counties in Virginia and North Carolina, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains...
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  • Rich Mountain is a mountain located in the North Carolina High Country, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the town of Boone. Its elevation reaches...
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    E. Spencer Blackburn (category People from Watauga County, North Carolina)
    Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1901 and 1903 and 1905 and 1907. Born near Boone, North Carolina, Blackburn attended common schools...
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    Governor of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. From 1807 to 1913, the county went through numerous boundary changes. In 1849, to form Watauga County, the southwestern...
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    Lumberton) Watauga (largest town: Boone) Trump won 10 of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts. Prior to the 2016 election, North Carolina had been...
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