Happy Valley is an area in the city of Elizabethton and adjacent unincorporated

Carter County, Tennessee 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 (1760-1800), an early settler active in the "L ...

, on the west side of Elizabethton. Happy Valley has a historical association with the Taylor family estate based at Sabine Hill. Happy Valley had a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...

from 1850 until 1900.

Nathaniel Green Taylor Nathaniel Green Taylor (December 29, 1819 – April 1, 1887) was an American lawyer, farmer, and politician from Tennessee. He was U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1854 to 1855, and again from 1866 to 1867, and Commissioner of India ...

was the first postmaster. The Carter County Board of Education operates three schools in Happy Valley: Happy Valley Elementary School, Happy Valley Middle School, and Happy Valley High School.

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{{coord, 36.3423, N, 82.2459, W, source:wikidata, display=title Geography of Carter County, Tennessee