Elizabethton, TN
Local News
- Elizabethton council race yields mix of incumbents, new faces — Johnson City Press
- Ballad Health provides update on BlueCross BlueShield of TN — Elizabethton Star
- Man serving life in prison for murder of Elizabethton man escapes, steals truck — WCYB
- Tracy Tanner-Harris Obituary (1969 - 2026) - Elizabethton, TN — Johnson City Press
- Fire Station Rd, Elizabethton, TN 37643 [Updated 8/20] — Realtor.com
Official Local Resources
City of Elizabethton · Carter County · Tennessee.gov · Tennessee Driver Services
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).
The population of Elizabethton was enumerated at 14,546 during the 2020 census.