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Elizabethton

Carter County, TN

Population

14,375

Walk Score

75 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$725

Median home value

$150,100

Explored

1759

Elizabethton is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government located west of both the Eastern Continental Divide and the original Thirteen Colonies.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Elizabethton Historic District · listed 1973
  • Renfro-Allen Farm · listed 1996
  • Watauga Hydroelectric Project · listed 2017

Notable landmarks

  • Brooks, Rueben, Farmstead · listed 2001
  • Carter, John and Landon, House (Additional Documentation) · listed 1972
  • Sabine Hill · listed 1973
  • Sycamore Shoals · listed 1966
  • U.S. Post Office · listed 1983

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