Elizabethton, Tennessee

Elizabethton, Tennessee
City
Downtown Elizabethton, July 4th parade (2008)
Nickname:  The City of Power[1]
Location of Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee.
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Coordinates: 36°20′11″N 82°14′21″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Carter
Explored	1759
Settled	1769
Founded	1799[2]
Incorporated:	May 13, 1905[2]
Named for	Elizabeth MacLin Carter
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
Area [3]
• Total	9.70 sq mi (25.11 km^2)
• Land	9.55 sq mi (24.74 km^2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.38 km^2)
Elevation	1,593 ft (465 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	14,546
• Density	1,522.98/sq mi (588.02/km^2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	37643-37644
Area code	423
FIPS code	47-23500[5]
GNIS feature ID	1328127[6]
Website	www.elizabethton.org

Elizabethton is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States.^[7] Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772).

The city is also the historical site of the Transylvania Purchase (1775) which was a major site during the American Revolutionary War for both the Battle of Musgrove Mill (1780) and the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). It was within the secessionist North Carolina "State of Franklin" territory (1784–1788).

Geography

Elizabethton is located within the "Tri-Cities" area (encompassed by Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport) of northeast Tennessee.^[8]

Their time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC-5 (Eastern Time).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.1 km²), of which 9.5 square miles (24.7 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²), or 1.51%, is water.^[3]

Weather

Climate data for Elizabethton, Tennessee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	78 (26)	82 (28)	84 (29)	93 (34)	97 (36)	102 (39)	105 (41)	99 (37)	98 (37)	92 (33)	87 (31)	80 (27)	105 (41)
Average high °F (°C)	46.2 (7.9)	50.4 (10.2)	58.9 (14.9)	69.0 (20.6)	76.6 (24.8)	82.9 (28.3)	85.5 (29.7)	85.0 (29.4)	80.1 (26.7)	70.0 (21.1)	58.5 (14.7)	49.5 (9.7)	67.7 (19.8)
Daily mean °F (°C)	35.9 (2.2)	39.2 (4.0)	46.6 (8.1)	55.5 (13.1)	64.2 (17.9)	71.2 (21.8)	74.5 (23.6)	73.7 (23.2)	67.9 (19.9)	57.0 (13.9)	45.9 (7.7)	39.2 (4.0)	55.9 (13.3)
Average low °F (°C)	25.5 (−3.6)	28.1 (−2.2)	34.2 (1.2)	41.9 (5.5)	51.8 (11.0)	59.6 (15.3)	63.5 (17.5)	62.3 (16.8)	55.6 (13.1)	44.0 (6.7)	33.3 (0.7)	28.8 (−1.8)	44.1 (6.7)
Record low °F (°C)	−21 (−29)	−17 (−27)	−2 (−19)	20 (−7)	28 (−2)	39 (4)	46 (8)	43 (6)	31 (−1)	22 (−6)	10 (−12)	−12 (−24)	−21 (−29)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.78 (96)	3.76 (96)	3.97 (101)	3.81 (97)	4.43 (113)	5.16 (131)	5.86 (149)	4.20 (107)	3.00 (76)	2.80 (71)	3.36 (85)	3.90 (99)	48.03 (1,220)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	1.9 (4.8)	2.1 (5.3)	0.1 (0.25)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.1 (0.25)	1.8 (4.6)	6.0 (15)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	12.5	12.2	13.1	11.9	12.7	13.4	13.5	11.6	9.0	8.9	10.2	12.8	141.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.2	4.3
Source: NOAA[9][10]

Education

Public Schools in Elizabethton are operated by Elizabethton City Schools. www.ecschools.net

Colleges

Satellite campuses of Northeast State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology are located in the eastern part of the city off Tennessee State Route 91.

Milligan College and Emmanuel Christian Seminary are located in the southwestern part of the city off Tennessee State Route 359.

Notable people

• Paul Edward Anderson – Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting
• Margaret Bowen – led the March 12, 1929, walkout of 523 female co-workers at American Glanzstoff, beginning the 1929 labor strikes^[11]
• William Gannaway Brownlow – governor of Tennessee, U.S. senator, Methodist minister, and publisher of the Whig newspaper
• Samuel P. Carter – U.S. Army general and U.S. Navy admiral
• Charles Davis – University of Tennessee football player and Fox Sports analyst
• Landon Carter Haynes – Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Confederate senator, lawyer, Methodist minister, and editor of the Tennessee Sentinel
• Alec McLean – Olympic rower
• Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson – early Elizabethton attorney and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Dayton E. Phillips – jurist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Jeff Reed – Major League Baseball catcher
• Alfred A. Taylor – governor of Tennessee and congressman
• Robert Love Taylor – governor of Tennessee and U.S. senator from Tennessee
• Kenneth R. Wallace – United States Navy Blue Angels Pilot^[12]
• Kent Williams – Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
• Jason Witten – National Football League tight end

Related pages

• Tri-Cities, Tennessee

References

1. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500614_text "Pre-TVA Hydroelectric Development in Tennessee, 1901-1933". U.S. Department of Interior, National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet. Section E, Page 12.
2. City of Elizabethton website. Retrieved: 15 January 2013.
3. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
4. "QuickFacts: Elizabethton city, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
6. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
7. National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved March 17, 2024.
8. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
9. "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
10. "Station: Elizabethton, TN". U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
11. Tedesco, Marie. "Elizabethton Rayon Plants Strikes, 1929". Tennessee Encyclopedia.
12. "Kenneth R. Wallace" (PDF).