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WATAUGA COUNTY

County History: Formed in 1849 from Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, and Yancey counties.  Named for the Watauga river which came from a Cherokee phrase meaning "beautiful water".


Population:
(U.S. Census)
1900 13,417
1920 13,477
1940 18,114
1960 17,529
1980 31,666
2000 42,695
Description:
Bibliography:
The effect of tourism on land value in Watauga County, North by Franya Elizabeth Hutchins : , , ASU   2008
Shape note talk March 27, 2008 [videorecording] : [Belk Library and Information Commons] : , , ASU   2008
The last train from Elkland : being a brief history of Elkla Doug McGuinn : , , ASU   c2007
12 echoes through the ages [videorecording] : written by Jon Shearin & Tim Smith ; dire : , , ASU   c2007
Community and change in the North Carolina mountains : oral compiled [and edited] by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c2006
The Buffalo Trail : searching for lost landscapes through hi by Brian Reid Fannon : , , ASU   2006
The Watauga County chapter of the American Red Cross : a his researched and written by Bud Altmayer, Anna Stancil : , , ASU   2005
A short history of old Watauga County Michael C. Hardy : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   2005
In search of Tweetsie : , , ASU   2005?
Watauga County, N.C. 1982 roads drawn by G.P. Stout : , , ASU   2004
Hometown memories-- outhouse spiders and tin tub baths : tal compiled and edited by Bob Lasley and Sallie Holt : , , ASU   c2004
William S. Whiting logging railroads : an historical geograp by Joseph H. Quinn Jr : , , ASU   2003
Shull [electronic resource] / compiled by H.E. Shull : , , ASU   2003
The people of the New River : oral histories from the Ashe, [compiled] by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c2001
[Indexes for G.P. Stout's historical maps of Western North C : , , ASU   2000
History of Cove Creek Baptist Church : 1799-1999 History Committees, 1974 Hattie Lewis ... [et al.], 1999 Car : , , ASU   1999
A Watauga County bibliography : 1984-1999 by Amaris Orlemann Lynip and Maryellen Russo : , , ASU   1999
Tweetsie Railroad a history in steam [videorecording] : producer/director, Richard Eller ; produc : , , ASU   c1999
Portrait of a pictureman : the life, times, and photographs by Ralph E. Lentz, II : , , ASU   1998
Built on the rock. old country churches Volume 1, Southern Appalachians [videorecording] : : , , ASU   c1996
Marriage register of Watauga County, North Carolina (1873-19 edited by Evelyn G. Shepherd, Brenda M. Greene : , , ASU   1995
Howard Murry : paintings of Valle Crucis, 1930-1968 : a thes by Mary Margaret Cheek : , , ASU   1993
The 1920 census of Watauga County, North Carolina edited by Evelyn G. Shepherd, Brenda M. Greene : , , ASU   1993
A history of Watauga County, North Carolina : with sketches John Preston Arthur : , , ASU   1992
The Episcopal Church in Watauga county, North Carolina, 1842 by Henry Edwin Stamm IV : , , ASU   1989
The 1887 tax listing of Watauga County, North Carolina edited and compiled by Brenda M. Greene, Evelyn G. Shepherd : , , ASU   1988
Rebel from Watauga : a civil war portrait of Alfred Green by Robert Lee Greene : , , ASU   1988?
Ed Culler reminances [sic] [videorecording] : : , , ASU   1988
Wade E. Brown reminances [sic] [videorecording] : : , , ASU   1988
The 1910 census of Watauga County, North Carolina Carl A. Ross, Jr., editor : , , ASU   1986
The 1900 census of Watauga County, North Carolina Carl A. Ross, Jr., editor : , , ASU   c1985
The Heritage of Watauga County, North Carolina Sanna Ross Gaffney ... [et al.] : , , , , , ASU, WCU   1984-
Geologic investigations in the Blue Ridge of northwestern No : , UNCA   1984?
Meat Camp Baptist Church, 1851-1981 : a history by W. Earl Greene : , , ASU   c1983
Banks of Watauga County by Alfred Adams : , , ASU   1978
A history of Watauga County, North Carolina : with sketches by John Preston Arthur ; written at the request of Roy M. Br : , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c1976
The Wataugah Purchase, March 19, 1775 at Sycamore Shoals of by Mary Hardin McCown and Irma Bowman Kitzmiller : , , ASU   c1976
Development of public education in Watauga County, North Car compiled by a Bicentennial committee, Reka W. Shoemake, chai : , , , ASU   1976?
Woman's Missionary Union; sixty-third anniversary, 1913-1976 [compiled by Mrs. Norman Reese] : , , ASU   1976
Moses Cone Estate project interviewee: Charlie Isenhour ; interviewer: Judy Cornett : , , ASU   1975
Moses Cone Estate project interviewee: Carl Hollers ; interviewers: Kent Cave and Tom : , , ASU   1975
Interview with Ted Pease, landscape architect by ... Tom Robbins and Kent Cave : , , ASU   1975
Moses Cone Estate project interviewee: Ruby Moody Walters ; interviewers: Kent Cave an : , , ASU   1975
History of Cove Creek Baptist Church, 1799-1974 : , , ASU   1974?
Sketches of early Watauga sketches by Peggy Polson ; stories by Betty McFarland ; spon : , , , ASU   c1973
National Register of Historic Places inventory -- nomination : , , ASU   1972
National Register of Historic Places inventory -- nomination : , , ASU   1971
The history of banking in Watauga County, North Carolina : a by Ora Wilbert Eads : , , ASU   1966
Fifty years in service for Christ R.C. Eggers : , , ASU   1964
A disastrous flood : a true and fascinating story Ivery C. Greene :  ASU  1964
The effect of tourism on land value in Watauga County, North by Franya Elizabeth Hutchins : , , ASU   2008
Shape note talk March 27, 2008 [videorecording] : [Belk Library and Information Commons] : , , ASU   2008
The last train from Elkland : being a brief history of Elkla Doug McGuinn : , , ASU   c2007
12 echoes through the ages [videorecording] : written by Jon Shearin & Tim Smith ; dire : , , ASU   c2007
Community and change in the North Carolina mountains : oral compiled [and edited] by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c2006
The Buffalo Trail : searching for lost landscapes through hi by Brian Reid Fannon : , , ASU   2006
The Watauga County chapter of the American Red Cross : a his researched and written by Bud Altmayer, Anna Stancil : , , ASU   2005
A short history of old Watauga County Michael C. Hardy : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   2005
In search of Tweetsie : , , ASU   2005?
Watauga County, N.C. 1982 roads drawn by G.P. Stout : , , ASU   2004
Hometown memories-- outhouse spiders and tin tub baths : tal compiled and edited by Bob Lasley and Sallie Holt : , , ASU   c2004
William S. Whiting logging railroads : an historical geograp by Joseph H. Quinn Jr : , , ASU   2003
Shull [electronic resource] / compiled by H.E. Shull : , , ASU   2003
The people of the New River : oral histories from the Ashe, [compiled] by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c2001
[Indexes for G.P. Stout's historical maps of Western North C : , , ASU   2000
History of Cove Creek Baptist Church : 1799-1999 History Committees, 1974 Hattie Lewis ... [et al.], 1999 Car : , , ASU   1999
A Watauga County bibliography : 1984-1999 by Amaris Orlemann Lynip and Maryellen Russo : , , ASU   1999
Tweetsie Railroad a history in steam [videorecording] : producer/director, Richard Eller ; produc : , , ASU   c1999
Portrait of a pictureman : the life, times, and photographs by Ralph E. Lentz, II : , , ASU   1998
Built on the rock. old country churches Volume 1, Southern Appalachians [videorecording] : : , , ASU   c1996
Marriage register of Watauga County, North Carolina (1873-19 edited by Evelyn G. Shepherd, Brenda M. Greene : , , ASU   1995

 
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