Carter County

Also known as Carter County, Tennessee, Carter County, TN

county in Tennessee, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Named after: Landon Carter
Seat: Elizabethton
Largest city: Elizabethton
Total: 348 sq mi (900 km )
Land: 341 sq mi (880 km )
Water: 6.4 sq mi (17 km ) 1.8%
Estimate 2025: 57,361
Density: 165/sq mi (63.8/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 1st
Website: www .cartercountytn .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 56356
Area: 900
Official website: www.cartercountytn.gov
Image: Carter-County-Courthouse-tn2.jpg
Households: 23993
Licence plate code: CARTER

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Commons category: Carter County, Tennessee
inception: 1796-04-09
water as percent of area: 1.8
native label: Carter County
per capita income: 24631

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Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,356. Its county seat is Elizabethton. The county is named in honor of Landon Carter, an early settler active in the "Lost State of Franklin" 1784-1788 secession from the State of North Carolina. Carter County is part of the Johnson City metropolitan area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Combined Statistical Area, located in northeastern Tennessee.

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