unincorporated community
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in northern
Mitchell County, North Carolina
Mitchell County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 14,903. Its county seat is Bakersville, North Carolina, Bakersville, population ...
in the Harrell
Township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
Unicoi, Tennessee
Unicoi is a town in Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,519 at the 2000 census and 3,632 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City– ...
, northwest of
Bakersville, North Carolina
Bakersville is a town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 464 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mitchell County.
History
In prehistoric times, local mica deposits were extensively mined by Native Amer ...
The community was originally called Wilder's Forge and later Magnetic City, due to its proximity to a large desposit of magnetic iron ore. The original name of "Wilder's Forge" came from man who built the Cloudland Hotel on Roan Mountain, Union General Thomas Wilder. The community's current name is a
portmanteau
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