Elizabethton, Tennessee

**Elizabethton** 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).

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

## Geography

Elizabethton is located within the "Tri-Cities" area (encompassed by Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport) of northeast Tennessee.

Their time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC-5 (Eastern Time).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 1.51%, is water.

## Education

Public Schools in Elizabethton are operated by Elizabethton City Schools. www.ecschools.net

### Colleges

Satellite campuses of Northeast State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology are located in the eastern part of the city off Tennessee State Route 91.

Milligan College and Emmanuel Christian Seminary are located in the southwestern part of the city off Tennessee State Route 359.

## Notable people

- Paul Edward Anderson – Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting
- Margaret Bowen – led the March 12, 1929, walkout of 523 female co-workers at American Glanzstoff, beginning the 1929 labor strikes
- William Gannaway Brownlow – governor of Tennessee, U.S. senator, Methodist minister, and publisher of the _Whig_ newspaper
- Samuel P. Carter – U.S. Army general and U.S. Navy admiral
- Charles Davis – University of Tennessee football player and Fox Sports analyst
- Landon Carter Haynes – Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Confederate senator, lawyer, Methodist minister, and editor of the _Tennessee Sentinel_
- Alec McLean – Olympic rower
- Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson – early Elizabethton attorney and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Dayton E. Phillips – jurist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Jeff Reed – Major League Baseball catcher
- Alfred A. Taylor – governor of Tennessee and congressman
- Robert Love Taylor – governor of Tennessee and U.S. senator from Tennessee
- Kenneth R. Wallace – United States Navy Blue Angels Pilot
- Kent Williams – Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Jason Witten – National Football League tight end

## Related pages

- Tri-Cities, Tennessee

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Elizabethton, Tennessee
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: July4thparade37643.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Downtown Elizabethton, July 4th parade (2008)
- **nickname**: _The City of Power_
- **pushpin map**: USA Tennessee#USA
- **pushpin label**: Elizabethton
- **pushpin mapsize**: 250
- **pushpin map caption**: Map spot for Elizabethton, Tennessee
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Tennessee, County
- **subdivision name2**: Carter County, Tennessee, Carter
- **established title**: Explored
- **established date**: 1759
- **established title2**: Settled
- **established date2**: 1769
- **established title3**: Founded
- **established date3**: 1799
- **named for**: Elizabeth MacLin Carter
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council–Manager
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total km2**: 25.11
- **area total sq mi**: 9.70
- **area land km2**: 24.74
- **area land sq mi**: 9.55
- **area water km2**: 0.38
- **area water sq mi**: 0.15
- **elevation m**: 465
- **elevation ft**: 1593
- **population total**: 14546
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 588.02
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 37643-37644
- **area code**: Area code 423, 423
- **established title4**: Incorporated:
- **established date4**: May 13, 1905
- **leader title2**: Mayor Pro Tem
- **leader title3**: City Manager
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 47-23500
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1328127
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **image map**: File:Carter County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Elizabethton Highlighted 4723500.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee.
- **population density sq mi**: 1522.98