Carter County, Tennessee
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Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton
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 Location in the U.S. state of Tennessee |
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 Tennessee's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1796 | |
| Named for | Landon Carter | |
| Seat | Elizabethton | |
| Largest city | Elizabethton | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 348 sq mi (901 km2) | |
| • Land | 341 sq mi (883 km2) | |
| • Water | 6.4 sq mi (17 km2), 1.8% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 57,424 | |
| • Density | 168/sq mi (65/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 1st | |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | |
| Website | www |
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Coordinates: 36°18′N 82°7′W / 36.300°N 82.117°W
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, an early settler active in the State of Franklin movement.
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, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region of Northeast Tennessee.
The area was originally claimed by Britain as part of the Clarendon settlements of the Province of Carolina, although actually populated at the time by the Cherokee.
The area was part of (though seldom actually administered by) the following jurisdictions in its early history:
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