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Elizabethton

city in Tennessee, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Tennessee
County: Carter
Incorporated: May 13, 1905
Named after: Elizabeth MacLin Carter
Type: Council Manager
Mayor: William E. "Bill" Carter
Mayor pro tem: Mike Simerly
City manager: Daniel Estes
Total: 9.70 sq mi (25.11 km )
Land: 9.55 sq mi (24.74 km )
Water: 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km )
Elevation: 1,526 ft (465 m)
Estimate 2026: 14,428
Density: 1,523.0/sq mi (588.02/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( EST )
Summer dst: UTC−4 (EDT)
Zip codes: 37643-37644

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Elizabethton (/əˈlɪzəbɛθtən/) is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. 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 Colonies.

The city is also the historical site of the Transylvania Purchase (1775), a major 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).