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Morganton is the name of some places in the United States of America: *Morganton, Georgia *Morganton, North Carolina *Morganton, Tennessee, former city in East Tennessee, near modern-day Greenback See also *Morgantown (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganton, Georgia
Morganton is a city in Fannin County, Georgia, Fannin County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. History Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Morganton was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Morganton in 1856. The town's name is a transfer from Morganton, North Carolina. Morganton served as the county seat, seat of Fannin County from 1854 until 1895, when the seat was transferred to Blue Ridge. Geography Morganton is located in eastern Fannin County at (34.876616, -84.245432), on the northeast side of Lake Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Reservoir. Georgia State Route 60 passes through the city, leading northwest to U.S. Route 76 and southeast to Suches, Georgia, Suches. Via SR 60 and old US 76, it is west to Blue Ridge, Georgia, Blue Ridge, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Morganton has a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganton, North Carolina
Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 16,918 at the 2010 census. Morganton is approximately northwest of Charlotte. Morganton is one of the principal cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. A site five miles north of Morganton has been identified as the Mississippian culture chiefdom of Joara, occupied from AD 1400 to AD 1600. This was also the site of Fort San Juan, built in 1567 by a Spanish expedition as the first European settlement in the interior of North America, 40 years before the English settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. History Joara archeological site The oldest-known European inland (non-coastal) settlement in the United States of Fort San Juan has been identified at Joara, a former Mississippian culture chiefdom located about five miles north of present-day Morganton. In 1567 a Spanish expedition built the fort there, while seeking to establish an interi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganton, Tennessee
Morganton was a community that developed on the Little Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It was located above the mouth of the river at its confluence with Bakers Creek, flowing westward from Maryville. During its heyday in the 19th century, Morganton thrived as a flatboat port and regional business center. An important ferry operated at Morganton for nearly 170 years providing service across the river. The abandoned townsite was submerged in the late 20th century by creation of Tellico Lake, part of the Tellico Dam hydroelectric project completed in 1979 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Due largely to the decline in river trade that occurred in the mid-19th century following construction of railroads in East Tennessee, Morganton was mostly deserted by the late 1960s. This was when the TVA began buying up property to prepare for construction of Tellico Dam. Since the flooding of the lake area, the Morganton Cemetery, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
