Watauga County
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- Type: county of North Carolina with 51,100 residents
- Description: county in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Watauga”, “Watauga County, NC”, and “Watauga County, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howard Knob and Jones House.
Howard Knob
Peak
Photo: Bigmacthealmanac, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howard Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located in the town of Boone. According to the US Geological Survey, the mountain's proper name is Howard Knob, but it is known to locals and tourists as Howard's Knob.
Jones House
Community center
Photo: WaterandGlass, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jones House is a historic home located at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, cubic, Colonial Revival / Queen Anne style frame dwelling.
Rich Mountain
Peak
Rich Mountain is a mountain located in the North Carolina High Country, roughly 3 miles northwest of the town of Boone. Its elevation reaches 4,748 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boone.
Boone
Photo: Vlmastra, Public domain.
Boone is a town in Watauga County nestled in the North Carolina Mountains, part of Appalachia. It is the home of Appalachian State University and is the county seat.
Watauga County
- Location: North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Watauga County” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Watauga County, Noord-Carolina”
- Afrikaans: “Watauga County”
- Albanian: “Watauga County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة واتوغا”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه واتوغا، كارولاينا الشماليه”
- Asturian: “condáu de Watauga”
- Basque: “Watauga konderria”
- Bavarian: “Watauga County, North Carolina”
- Bavarian: “Watauga County”
- Bishnupriya: “ৱাটৌগা কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
- Bishnupriya: “ৱাটৌগা কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Уотога”
- Catalan: “comtat de Watauga”
- Cebuano: “Watauga County”
- Chechen: “Уатога (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
- Chechen: “Уатога”
- Chinese: “Watauga Kūn”
- Chinese: “沃托加县”
- Chinese: “沃托加縣”
- Chinese: “沃托加郡”
- Danish: “Watauga County”
- Dutch: “Watauga County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Watauga”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Watauga”
- Esperanto: “Watauga County”
- Finnish: “Wataugan piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Watauga”
- French: “Comté de Watauga”
- French: “Watauga County”
- German: “Watauga County”
- Gilaki: “واتاگا شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
- Gilaki: “واتاگا شأرستان”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ואטוגה”
- Hungarian: “Watauga megye”
- Irish: “Contae Watauga, Carolina Thuaidh”
- Irish: “Contae Watauga”
- Italian: “contea di Watauga”
- Italian: “Contea di Watauga”
- Italian: “Watauga County”
- Japanese: “ワタウガ郡”
- Korean: “와토가군”
- Low German: “Watauga County”
- Mazanderani: “واتاگا شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا)”
- Mazanderani: “واتاگا شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Watauga Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Watauga Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Watauga County”
- Norwegian: “Watauga County”
- Nyanja: “Watauga County”
- Pedi: “Watauga County”
- Persian: “شهرستان واتاگ، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “شهرستان واتاگا”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Watauga”
- Portuguese: “condado de Watauga”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Watauga”
- Portuguese: “Watauga County”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Watauga, Carolina de Nord”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Watauga”
- Russian: “Ватога”
- Russian: “Уотога”
- Sardinian: “contea de Watauga”
- Serbian: “Округ Ватога”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Watauga County, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Watauga County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Watauga”
- Slovenian: “Watauga County”
- Southern Sotho: “Watauga County”
- Spanish: “condado de Watauga”
- Spanish: “Condado de Watauga”
- Spanish: “Watauga County”
- Swahili: “Watauga County”
- Swati: “Watauga County”
- Swedish: “Watauga County”
- Tatar: “Уатога (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
- Tatar: “Уатога”
- Tumbuka: “Watauga County, North Carolina”
- Tumbuka: “Watauga County”
- Turkish: “Watauga County, Kuzey Karolina”
- Turkish: “Watauga County, N.C.”
- Turkish: “Watauga County, NC”
- Turkish: “Watauga County”
- Turkish: “Watauga ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
- Turkish: “Watauga ilçesi, N.C.”
- Turkish: “Watauga ilçesi, NC”
- Turkish: “Watauga ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Вотога”
- Ukrainian: “Вотоґа”
- Urdu: “واٹاگا کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Venetian: “contea de Watauga”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Watauga, North Carolina”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Watauga”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Watauga, North Carolina”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Watauga”
- Welsh: “Watauga County, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Watauga County”
- Western Panjabi: “واتاؤگا کاؤنٹی”
- Xhosa: “Watauga County”
- Zulu: “Watauga County”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Oak Grove and Grandview Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hayes Cemetery and Junaluska City Park.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Places to Discover
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