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Avery

Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. The county seat is . The county seat was initially established in when the county was first formed, but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912.
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  • Type: County with 17,800 residents
  • Description: county in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Avery County”, “Avery County, NC”, and “Avery County, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spanish Oak Mountain and Pixie Mountain.

Peak
is a mountain in the , located southwest from the town of . Its elevation reaches 4,531 ft. Most feeder streams from the mountain flow to the ; except for White Pine Creek, from its southeastern slope, which flows to the .

Peak
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is a mountain in the , in the community of . Its elevation reaches 4,058 feet. The mountain is adjacent to the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newland and Linville.

Town
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is a town in and the county seat of Avery County, , United States. The population was 715 at the 2020 census. By elevation, is the highest county seat located east of the .

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Avery County, , United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 283.

Village
is a town in Avery County, , United States. The population was 143 at the 2020 census.

Avery

Latitude
36.0771° or 36° 4′ 38″ north
Longitude
-81.9231° or 81° 55′ 23″ west
Population
17,800
Elevation
3,642 feet (1,110 metres)
Open location code
868W33GG+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316978982
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4453232
Wiki­data ID
Q497804
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Avery” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Avery County, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “Avery County”
  • Albanian: “Avery County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أفيري”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه أفيري، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Armenian: “Էյվերի”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Avery”
  • Basque: “Avery konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Avery County, North Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Avery County”
  • Bishnupriya: “এভারি কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “এভারি কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Ейвъри”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Avery”
  • Cebuano: “Avery County”
  • Chechen: “Эйвери (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Эйвери”
  • Chinese: “Avery Kūn”
  • Chinese: “埃弗里县”
  • Chinese: “埃弗里縣”
  • Chinese: “埃弗里郡”
  • Czech: “Avery County”
  • Czech: “okres Avery”
  • Dutch: “Avery County”
  • Esperanto: “Avery County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Avery”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Avery”
  • Finnish: “Averyn piirikunta”
  • French: “Avery County”
  • French: “comté d’Avery”
  • French: “Comté d’Avery”
  • German: “Avery County”
  • Gilaki: “آوری ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “آوری ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אוורי”
  • Hungarian: “Avery megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Avery, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Contae Avery”
  • Italian: “Avery County”
  • Italian: “contea di Avery”
  • Italian: “Contea di Avery”
  • Japanese: “アベリー郡”
  • Japanese: “エイヴリー郡”
  • Korean: “에이버리군”
  • Low German: “Avery County”
  • Mazanderani: “آوری شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Avery Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Avery Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avery County”
  • Norwegian: “Avery County”
  • Nyanja: “Avery County”
  • Pedi: “Avery County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آوری، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آوری”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Avery”
  • Portuguese: “Avery County”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Avery”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Avery, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Avery”
  • Russian: “Эйвери”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Avery”
  • Serbian: “Округ Ејвери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Avery County, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Avery County”
  • Southern Sotho: “Avery County”
  • Spanish: “Avery County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Avery”
  • Swahili: “Avery County”
  • Swati: “Avery County”
  • Swedish: “Avery County”
  • Tatar: “Эйвери (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Эйвери”
  • Tumbuka: “Avery County, North Carolina”
  • Tumbuka: “Avery County”
  • Turkish: “Avery County, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Avery County, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Avery County, NC”
  • Turkish: “Avery County”
  • Turkish: “Avery ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Avery ilçesi, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Avery ilçesi, NC”
  • Turkish: “Avery ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейвері”
  • Urdu: “ایوری کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Avery”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Avery, Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Avery, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Avery”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Avery, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Avery”
  • Welsh: “Avery County, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Avery County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایوری کاؤنٹی”
  • Xhosa: “Avery County”
  • Zulu: “Avery County”

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