Carter County, Tennessee
Carter County | |
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Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton | |
Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee | |
Tennessee's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 36°18′N 82°07′W / 36.3°N 82.12°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Founded | 1796 |
| Named after | Landon Carter |
| Seat | Elizabethton |
| Largest city | Elizabethton |
| Area | |
• Total | 348 sq mi (900 km2) |
| • Land | 341 sq mi (880 km2) |
| • Water | 6.4 sq mi (17 km2) 1.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 56,356 |
• Estimate (2022) | 56,410 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Website | www |
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 (1760–1800), 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, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, located in northeastern Tennessee.