unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Watauga County
Watauga County ( ) from the North Carolina Collection's website at the ,
North Carolina
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, United States. The community is located on NC 105, southwest of Boone.
The community is between
Seven Devils
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and Shulls Mill. Multiple shops dot the main highway, serving a tourist clientele. Its development, since the 1980s, is thanks to year-round tourism to nearby attractions, notably
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park
near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major ch ...
.
Historically, the
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad , affectionately called the "Tweetsie" as a verbal acronym of its initials (ET&WNC) but also in reference to the sound of its steam whistles, was a primarily narrow gauge railroad established ...
(Nicknamed "Tweetsie") passed through the area until flooding destroyed the tracks in 1940. In 1956, NC 105 was built over the original rail bed.
Demographics
See also
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Blue Ridge Parkway
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Flattop Mountain Flattop Mountain and Flat Top Mountain may refer to
*in the United States
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*
Hanging Rock Hanging Rock may refer to:
Australia
* Hanging Rock, New South Wales, a mining village on the Northern Tablelands
* Hanging Rock, Victoria, a rock formation
**''Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)'', a 1967 novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay
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Peak Mountain
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Watauga River
The Watauga River () is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake.
Course
The Watauga River rises from a spring near the base ...