Charleston Township
Charleston Township is a locality in Swain, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,655 feet. Charleston Township is situated nearby to the hamlet Oconaluftee Indian Village, as well as near Ravensford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
Oconaluftee Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 2½ miles east of Charleston Township.
Mountain Farm Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountain Farm Museum is situated 2½ miles east of Charleston Township.
New Kituwah Academy
School
The New Kituwah Academy, also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy, is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade, located in Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary. New Kituwah Academy is situated 2½ miles southeast of Charleston Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherokee and Ravensford.
Cherokee
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
Ravensford
Hamlet
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people. Ravensford is situated 3 miles east of Charleston Township.
Charleston Township
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Township of Charleston”
- Location: Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.5194° or 35° 31′ 10″ northLongitude
-83.3499° or 83° 20′ 60″ westElevation
3,655 feet (1,114 metres)Open location code
867RGM92+P3GeoNames ID
4460227
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