Where I was BORN! ~ the city of POWER Elizabethton is a city in and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States.[4] Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of both the Eastern Continental Divide and the original thirteen British American colonies. The city is also the historical site of the Transylvania Purchase (1775), a major historic muster site during the American Revolutionary War for both the Battle of Musgrove Mill (1780) and the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). It was within the secessionist North Carolina State of Franklin territory (1784–1788). The population of Elizabethton was enumerated at 14,176 during the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census.[5] Elizabethton is located within the Tri-Cities area (encompassed by Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport) of northeast Tennessee.[6][7] Time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC-5 (Eastern Time). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24.3 km), of which 9.2 square miles (23.7 km) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.6 km) (2.35%) is water.[8] The elevation at Elizabethton Municipal Airport is 1,593 feet (486 m) ASL (the highest point of elevation in Carter County is at Roan Mountain with an elevation of 6,285 feet (1,916 m) ASL) and the airport is located on the eastern side of the city along State Highway 91 Stoney Creek Exit.[9][10] 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 Community College at nearby Blountville, Tennessee. Lynn Mountain reaches 2,380 feet (730 m) ASL at the summit (36.350°N, 82.191°W) and is located directly across the U.S. Highway 19 E from the downtown Elizabethton business district. Elizabethton also shares a contiguous western border with Johnson City.
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