Doe River
The Doe River is a tributary of the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee in the United States. The river forms in Carter County near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park, and flows to Elizabethton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “Big Doe River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bonnie Kate Theatre and Elizabethton Covered Bridge.
Bonnie Kate Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Nathandyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonnie Kate Theatre is a theater building.
Elizabethton Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Whiteonrice04, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Elizabethton Covered Bridge is a 134-foot covered bridge over the Doe River in Elizabethton, the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee. The Elizabethton Covered Bridge was constructed in 1882 and connects 3rd Street and Hattie Avenue.
Fort Watauga
Fort
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Fort Watauga, also known as Fort Caswell, was a fortification located in the Watauga River's Sycamore Shoals near modern-day Elizabethton, Tennessee. It was constructed from 1775 to 1776 by the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous government founded by American settlers living near the river, to defend the settlers against attacks from British-allied Indians. Fort Watauga is situated 2½ miles west of Doe River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elizabethton and Big Spring.
Elizabethton
Elizabethton is a city of 13,5000 people in Eastern Tennessee. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government west of the Eastern Continental Divide and of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Big Spring
Hamlet
Big Spring is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Big Spring is situated 3 miles southwest of Doe River.
Hunter
Village
Hunter is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located northeast of Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee, along Tennessee State Route 91 and the Watauga River. Hunter is situated 3 miles east of Doe River.
Doe River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Doe River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Doe”
- Cebuano: “Doe River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دو”
- Irish: “Abhainn Doe”
- Japanese: “ドー川”
- Spanish: “Río Doe”
- Ukrainian: “Доу”
- Venetian: “Doe”
- Welsh: “Afon Doe”
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Highlights include Lynn Valley and Elizabethton Historic District.
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