Carter
Carter is an unincorporated community in eastern Knox County, Tennessee. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “Carter, Tennessee” and “Carter, TN”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carter High School.
Carter High School
School building
Carter High School is a public high school located in the Strawberry Plains neighborhood of Knox County, Tennessee, operated by the Knox County school system.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mascot and Thorn Grove.
Mascot
Village
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Mascot is a census-designated place in Knox County, Tennessee. The population was 2,760 in the 2020 census, up from 2,411 in the 2010 census. Mascot is situated 2½ miles north of Carter.
Thorn Grove
Hamlet
Thorn Grove is an unincorporated community in eastern Knox County, Tennessee, United States. It is located 15.4 miles east of Knoxville and 2 miles north of Midway. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thorn Grove is situated 2½ miles southeast of Carter.
Strawberry Plains
Village
Strawberry Plains is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier counties in the State of Tennessee, United States. Strawberry Plains is situated 3½ miles northeast of Carter.
Carter
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.02627° or 36° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
-83.73413° or 83° 44′ 3″ westElevation
902 feet (275 metres)Open location code
868R27G8+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 154291146OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4611535Wikidata ID
Q104835196
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