Carter County, Tennessee

Date: About 1796 [unknown]
Location: Carter County, Tennessee
Surnames/tags: tennessee us_history one_place_studies

Welcome to Carter County, Tennessee!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 2 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2.1 How to Join the Appalachia Project 3 List of Things to Do 4 Carter County History 4.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 5 Geography 5.1 Adjacent counties 6 Government Offices 7 Resources and Records 7.1 On WikiTree 7.2 On the Internet 8 Communities 8.1 Cities 8.2 Census-designated Places 8.3 Unincorporated Communities 9 See also 10 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Carter County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Carter County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Carter County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Carter County History

Carter County was named for General Landon Carter. The county seat, Elizabethton, is named after his wife, Elizabeth MacLin Carter.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Geography

Carter County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Carter County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Sullivan County (north)
• Johnson County (northeast)
• Avery County, North Carolina (southeast)
• Mitchell County, North Carolina (south)
• Unicoi County (southwest)
• Washington County (west)

Government Offices

• Carter County Offices

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

1. Carter County Cemeteries
2. Carter County Schools

On the Internet

• Carter County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Carter County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Carter County Genealogy Trails
• Carter County USGenWeb
• Carter County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Elizabethton (county seat)
• Johnson City
• Watauga

Census-designated Places

• Biltmore
• Central
• Hampton
• Hunter
• Pine Crest
• Roan Mountain
• Valley Forge

Unincorporated Communities

• Big Spring
• Bitter End
• Butler
• Fish Springs
• Laurel Fork
• Milligan College
• Stoney Creek
• Tiger Valley

See also

• Carter County on Wikipedia

Sources