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The North Carolina legislature created Ashe County in late 1799 with an area of 977 square miles (2,530 km 2 ). Many family surnames noted in the 1800 Ashe County Census, Blevins, Hart, Bare, Barker, Stamper, Miller, Burkett, Gambill, Baldwin, and Ballou as a sample, are still present today. Ashe County was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, a ...
New River State Park. / 36.41528°N 81.38722°W / 36.41528; -81.38722. New River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it covers 3,323 acres (13.45 km 2) [2] in the protected New River watershed. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in ...
Mount Jefferson State Natural Area is a 1,188-acre (4.81 km 2) North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States.Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it includes the peak of Mount Jefferson, named for Thomas Jefferson and his father Peter, who owned land nearby and surveyed the North Carolina-Virginia border in 1749.
Mount Jefferson (North Carolina) / 36.40306°N 81.46333°W / 36.40306; -81.46333. Mount Jefferson is a mountain located in Ashe County, North Carolina. The mountain is part of the Mount Jefferson State Natural Area. The mountain has an elevation of 4,665 feet (1,422 m) above sea level, and it sharply rises more than 1,600 feet above the ...
Designated. April 13, 1976. The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershed, it is about 360 miles (580 km) long.
Nikwasi ( Cherokee: ᏁᏆᏏ, romanized: Nequasi or Nequasee) comes from the Cherokee word for "star", Noquisi (No-kwee-shee), and is the site of the Cherokee town which is first found in colonial records in the early 18th century, but is much older. The town covered about 100 acres (40 ha) on the floodplain of the Little Tennessee River.
2406863 [2] Website. www .townofwj .com. West Jefferson is a resort town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2020 census. [4] West Jefferson is a popular destination among tourists and retirees from Florida, as well as those from the lower elevations of the Carolinas and Georgia .
Topo map. USGS Warrensville. Three Top Mountain (variant names: Three Tops) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located west of the town of West Jefferson. Its elevation reaches 5,020 feet (1,530 m) [1] at its highest peak, unofficially named "Big Rock." [4] Three Top also has ten other sub-peaks of varying height.