Commissioner District 8

Commissioner District 8 is a locality in Carter, Tennessee. Commissioner District 8 is situated nearby to the locality Cat Island, as well as near the area Watauga Old Fields.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bonnie Kate Theatre and Fort Watauga.

Bonnie Kate Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Nathandyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonnie Kate Theatre is a theater building.

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.

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area

Park

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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The park consists of 70 acres situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general, took place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elizabethton and Valley Forge.

Elizabethton

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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.

Valley Forge

Hamlet

Valley Forge is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee. Located along US Route 19E/321 and SR-67, south of Elizabethton and north of Hampton. Valley Forge is situated 3 miles southeast of Commissioner District 8.

Central

Village

Central is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census and 2,279 at the 2010 census. Central is situated 4 miles west of Commissioner District 8.

Commissioner District 8

Type: Locality
Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.3421° or 36° 20′ 31″ north

Longitude

-82.221° or 82° 13′ 16″ west

Elevation

1,644 feet (501 metres)

Open location code

868V8QRH+RH

GeoNames ID

7202727

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Localities in the Area

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