Valley Forge is an
unincorporated community
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in
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 "Lo ...
.
Located along
US Route 19E/
321
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and
SR-67, south of
Elizabethton
Elizabethton is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of both th ...
and north of
Hampton
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.
Education
Schools in Valley Forge are operated by Carter County Schools:
Located across the Doe river from "Crow Bottom" up on a hill is Valley Forge Elementary School. Established around 1870, then in an old log cabin church. The current structure was built in 1926.
It serves children in the community grades PK - 5.
Hampton-Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Department
Hampton-Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Department serves the communities of
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
*Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
*Hamp ...
and Valley Forge and surrounding areas. They have 2 stations, one (not in operation) across highway 19E from Greer's Grocery in Valley Forge and the second off of Church St in Hampton.
As of early 2021, Hampton-Valley Forge Volunteer Fire Department acquired land at the entrance of Simerly Creek Rd to build a third station. This will allow for quicker response times and lower homeowner insurance rates for families in the community.
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Unincorporated communities in Carter County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee