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Carter County

county in Tennessee, United States
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Summary

Carter County is a county of Tennessee[1]. It draws 397 Wikipedia views per month (county of tennessee category, ranking #36 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tennessee[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Elizabethton[5]
  • Shares border with: Sullivan County[6], Johnson County[7], Avery County[8], Mitchell County[9], Unicoi County[10], Washington County[11]
  • Named after: Landon Carter[12]
  • Commons category: Carter County, Tennessee[13]
  • Licence plate code: CARTER[14]
  • Inception: April 9, 1796[15]
  • Coordinate location: 36.3, -82.116666666667[16]
  • Official website: http://www.cartercountytn.gov[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Carter County, Tennessee[18]
  • Population: 57,424[19], 57,381[20], 57,492[21], 57,341[22], 57,338[23], 56,486[24], 56,356[25]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Carter County, Tennessee[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Carter County, Tennessee[28]
  • Number of households: 23,993[29]
  • Native label: Carter County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110125[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Carter County, Tennessee[32]
  • Different from: Carter County[33]
  • Area: 900[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.8[35]
  • Per capita income: 24,631[36]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Carter County, Tennessee.tab[37]

Why It Matters

Carter County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Tennessee United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Carter County, Tenn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Carter County, Tennessee.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → carter-county-tenn
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: carter-county-tenn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922792|carter county tenn (#289922792)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 22w 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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