Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 57,424. Carter County is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region of Northeast Tennessee. Carter County is named in honor of Landon Carter.
The area was originally claimed by Britain as part of the Clar...
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Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 57,424. Carter County is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region of Northeast Tennessee. Carter County is named in honor of Landon Carter.
The area was originally claimed by Britain as part of the Clarendon settlements of the Province of Carolina, although actually populated at the time by the Cherokee people of the "Overhill towns."
The area was part of (though seldom actually administered by) the following jurisdictions in its early history:
The county is named for Landon Carter, the son of John Carter of Virginia, who was "chairman of the court" of the first majority-rule system of American democracy, known as the Watauga Association of 1772. The association was the first permanent settlement established outside the original thirteen...
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