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Carter County

county in Tennessee, United States
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Carter County

Summary

Carter County is a county of Tennessee[1]. It draws 1,520 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_tennessee category, ranking #36 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carter County is located in Tennessee[3].
  • Carter County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Carter County's instance of is recorded as county of Tennessee[5].
  • Carter County's capital is recorded as Elizabethton[6].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Sullivan County[7].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Johnson County[8].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Avery County[9].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Mitchell County[10].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Unicoi County[11].
  • Carter County's shares border with is recorded as Washington County[12].
  • Landon Carter is named after Carter County[13].
  • Carter County's Commons category is recorded as Carter County, Tennessee[14].
  • Carter County's licence plate code is recorded as CARTER[15].
  • April 9, 1796 marks the founding of Carter County[16].
  • Carter County's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 36.3, 'longitude': -82.116666666667}[17].
  • Carter County's official website is recorded as http://www.cartercountytn.gov[18].
  • Carter County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carter County, Tennessee[19].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+57424'}[20].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+57381'}[21].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+57492'}[22].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+57341'}[23].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+57338'}[24].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+56486'}[25].
  • Carter County has a population of {'amount': '+56356'}[26].
  • Carter County's list of monuments is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee[27].

Body

Geography

Carter County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Tennessee[3].

Physical Characteristics

Carter County covers an area of {'amount': '+900'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+57424'}[20], {'amount': '+57381'}[21], {'amount': '+57492'}[22], {'amount': '+57341'}[23], {'amount': '+57338'}[24], and {'amount': '+56486'}[25].

Designation and Status

Carter County's instance of is recorded as county of Tennessee[5].

History and Context

April 9, 1796 marks the founding of Carter County[16]. Landon Carter is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Carter County draws 1,520 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_tennessee category, ranking #36 of 96).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Tennessee United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Carter County, Tenn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/Carter County, Tennessee.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → carter-county-tenn
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: carter-county-tenn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922792|carter county tenn (#289922792)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+24631'}
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Carter County, Tennessee
    Number of households → {'amount': '+23993'}
    Capital → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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