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.
References
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Geography of Carter County, Tennessee