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'''Elizabethton''' is the [[county seat]] of [[Carter County, Tennessee]]. According to the most recent U.S. Decennial Census <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&_name=Elizabethton&_state=&_county=Elizabethton&_cityTown=Elizabethton&_zip=&_sse=on&_lang=en&pctxt=fph| U.S. Decennial Census (2000)]</ref>, the municipal population
==Geography==
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According to the [http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47000.html| United States Census Bureau], the city has a total area of 24.3 [[km²]] (9.4 [[square mile|mi²]]). 23.7 km² (9.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (2.35%) is water.
The elevation at Elizabethton Municipal Airport is 1,593 feet ASL (the highest point of elevation in Carter County is at [[Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) | Roan Mountain]] with an elevation of 6,285 feet ASL) and the airport is located on the eastern side of the city along State Highway 91 Stoney Creek Exit.<ref>http://www.elizabethtonairport.com/ContentPages/Layout.htm</ref><ref>http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/parks/RoanMtn/</ref> Elizabethton is also connected to larger commercial, shuttle, and cargo flights out of [[Tri-Cities Regional Airport]] located adjacent to the main campus of [[Northeast State Technical Community College]] at nearby [[Blountville, Tennessee]].
Lynn Mountain reaches 2,380 feet ASL at the summit (36.350ºN, 82.191ºW) and is located immediately across the U.S. Highway 19-E from the downtown Elizabethton business district.
Elizabethton also shares a contiguous western border with [[Johnson City, Tennessee]].
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==Demographics==
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As of the 2000 U.S. Decennial Census<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US4723500&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US47%7C16000US4723500&_street=&_county=Elizabethton&_cityTown=Elizabethton&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=|2000 U.S. Decennial Census]</ref>{{GR|2}}, there were 13,372 people, 5,454 households, and 3,512 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 563.6/km² (1,459.3/mi²). There were 5,964 housing units at an average density of 251.4/km² (650.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.47% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.55% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.49% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.02% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.18% of the population.
There were 5,454 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.82.
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''The Wataugans'' is the official outdoor historical drama of the state of [[Tennessee]]. It is presented by the Watauga Historical Association and the Sycamore Shoals Historic Area in Elizabethton every July on the last three Thursday-Friday-Saturday weekends of the month. Employing a mixed cast of volunteer professional and amateur local actors and re-enactors engaged through an open casting call, ''The Wataugans'' depicts the early history of the area that is now Northeast Tennessee.
Hikers, military reenactors, and scouts have followed within segments of the famous overmountain victory trail, and in [[1975]] three Elizabethton [[Boy Scout|boy scouts]] were among those who completed the first re-enactment of the overmountain march (approximately 214 miles in one direction) from Elizabethton to [[King's Mountain, North Carolina]]. In [[1980]], [[President Jimmy Carter]] --- recognizing the historical significance of the frontier patriots marching over the [[Appalachian mountains]] to fight the British Army at the [[Battle of King's Mountain]] --- signed federal law designating the historical overmountain route as the [[Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail]], the first [[National Historic Trail]] established within the eastern United States.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/</ref><ref>http://www.ovta.org/</ref><ref>http://tennessee.gov/environment/parks/parks/SycamoreShoals/index.php?activity=Historic%20Park </ref>
== Famous natives ==
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