NC Gazetteer

Avery County

… was formed in 1911 from Mitchell, Watauga, and Caldwell Counties. In the NW section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Tennessee and by Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell, and Mitchell Counties. It was named for Colonel Waightstill Avery (1741-1821), Revolutionary soldier and attorney general of North Carolina. Area: 247 sq. mi. County seat: Newland, with an elevation of 3,589. Townships are Altamont, Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Cranberry, Linville, Roaring Gap, Toe River, Wilson's Creek. Produces corn, dairy and beef cattle, Christmas trees, mica, hay, cabinets, textiles, kaolin, iron, sand and gravel. There are also deposits of olivine and asbestos in the county.

balds

Big Bald
Burleson Bald
Copperas Bald
Grassy Ridge Bald

branches

Banjo Branch
Big Branch
Big Branch
Burnt Timber Branch
Camp Branch
Cannon Branch
Cary Flat Branch
Clear Branch
Clingman Mine Branch
Coopers Branch
Cow Camp Branch
Elk Hollow Branch
Fall Branch
Fall Branch
Fall Branch
Fall Branch
Flat Land Branch
Fork Mountain Branch
Gabes Mountain Branch
Handpole Branch
Haw Branch
Hickory Nut Branch
Hughes Ridge Branch
Hull Branch
Marys Branch
Millers Branch
Mollie Branch
New Branch
Pancake Branch
Pine Branch
Pine Camp Branch
Ramp Branch
Robson Branch
Row Branch
Shanty Spring Branch
Skalley Branch
Spout Branch
Whitaker Branch
Whiteoak Branch

businesses or business districts

Invershiel
Seven Devils

communities

Altamont
Balm
Beech Bottom
Blevins Creek
Cranberry
Dark Ridge
Frank
Gragg
Grassland
Hale
Heaton
Hughes
Ingalls
Jester
Kawana
Linville Falls
Minneapolis
Montezuma
Mount Pleasant
Pineola
Plumtree
Pyatte
Roseborough
Senia
Spear
Three Mile
Vale
Valley
Whaley

coves

Haw Cove

creeks

Anthony's Creek
Bald Mountain Creek
Banner Elk Creek
Big Grassy Creek
Birchfield Creek
Blevins Creek
Brushy Creek
Buckeye Creek
Clear Creek
Clear Creek
Cow Camp Creek
Cranberry Creek
Curtis Creek
Dark Ridge Creek
Doublehead Creek
Flat Springs Creek
Flattop Creek
Fork Creek
Golden Creek
Grandmother Creek
Harris Creek
Henson Creek
Horse Creek
Jerry Creek
Jones Creek
Justice Creek
Kentucky Creek
Leroy Creek
Little Elk Creek
Little Horse Creek
Little Lost Cove Creek
Little Plumtree Creek
Little Roaring Creek
Martin Creek
Mill Timber Creek
North Harper Creek
Plumtree Creek
Powdermill Creek
Pyatt Creek
Raider Camp Creek
Roaring Creek
Sandbank Creek
Sassafras Creek
Shawneehaw Creek
South Harper Creek
Squirrel Creek
Stacey Creek
Three Mile Creek
Webb Creek
White Oak Creek
Whitehead Creek
Whiteoak Creek
Wildcat Creek

forests

Pisgah National Forest

forks

West Fork

gaps

Bearpen Gap
Bearpen Gap
Bowers Gap
Bradley Gap
Buck Hill Gap
Buckeye Gap
Bullscrape Gap
Cannon Gap
Cow Camp Gap
Cranberry Gap
Darkridge Gap
Deep Gap
Deerplay Gap
Doublehead Gap
Grandmother Gap
Harmon Gap
Haw Gap
Hickory Nut Gap
Loggy Gap
Miller Gap
Richs Gap
Smokey Gap
Sugar Gap

historical markers

Andre Michaux historical marker
Asa Gray historical marker
Cranberry Mines historical marker
Crossnore School historical marker
Lees-McRae College historical marker
Shepherd M. Dugger historical marker
Yellow Mountain Road historical marker

knobs

Big Rough Knob
Gusher Knob
Locust Knob
Oaks Knob
Pilot Knob
Pine Knob
Skalley Knob

lakes

Lake Kawana
Wildcat Lake

mines

Cranberry Iron Mine
Meadow Mine
Waterhole Mine

mountain features

Raven Cliffs
Three Knobs

mountain ranges

Unaka Mountains

mountains

Anthony Mountain
Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain
Beacon Height
Bear Ridge
Bearpen Rock
Beech Mountain
Bellvue Mountain
Big Butte Mountain
Big Elk Mountain
Big Haw Mountain
Big Yellow Bald Mountain
Big Yellow Mountain
Buck Hill
Camp Creek Mountain
Chestnut Mountain
Cold Mountain
Dark Ridge
Doe Hill Mountain
Double Knobs
Firescald Mountain
Flat Rock
Flattop Mountain
Fork Mountain
Grandfather Mountain
Grandmother Mountain
Hanging Rock
Hawshore Mountain
Headquarters Mountain
Hump Mountain
Humpback Mountain
Linville Mountain
Little Buck Hill
Little Elk Mountain
Little Haw Mountain
Little Hump Mountain
Little Pine Mountain
Little Yellow Mountain
Long Ridge
Moore Mountain
Mullin Hill
Peak Mountain
Pixie Mountain
Poga Mountain
Snakeden Mountain
Snow Mountain
Spanish Oak Mountain
Spear Tops Mountain
Spruce Pine Mountain
Sugar Mountain
Timber Ridge
White Rocks
Yellow Mountain

prongs

Gragg Prong

regions

Appalachian Dialect Region

ridges

Askew Ridge
Bald Ridge
Bent Ridge
Big Roan Ridge
Blevins Ridge
Blood Camp Ridge
Breakneck Ridge
Brown Ridge
Camp Ridge
Charlies Ridge
Chestnut Oak Ridge
Chestnut Ridge
Chestnutwood Ridge
Dividing Ridge
Elk Hollow Ridge
Four Diamond Ridge
Grandmother Ridge
Grassy Ridge
Horse Creek Ridge
Horse Ridge
Houston Ridge
Hughes Ridge
Little Elk Ridge
Little Timber Ridge
Martin Ridge
Middle Elk Ridge
Mill Ridge
Mill Shoal Ridge
Minneapolis Ridge
Mollie Ridge
Perry Ridge
Persimmon Ridge
Pine Ridge
Pink Ridge
Raccoon Ridge
Raider Camp Ridge
Razorback Ridge
Red Rock Ridge
Rogers Ridge
Rose Ridge
Rough Ridge
Rye Ridge
Sandbank Ridge
Simmons Ridge
Slippery Hill Ridge
Stover Ridge
Sugarcamp Ridge
Teagues Ridge
Timbered Ridge
Yancey Ridge

rivers

Elk River
Linville River
North Toe River

schools

Avery High School
Blue Ridge Academy
Marjorie Williams Academy

springs

Buckeye Spring

towns

Banner Elk
Crossnore
Elk Park
Linville
Newland

townships

Altamont Township
Banner Elk Township
Beech Mountain Township
Cranberry Township
Linville Township
Roaring Creek Township
Toe River Township
Wilsons Creek Township

valleys

Briggs Hollow
Chestnut Oak Flats
Laurel Bottoms
Lincoln Hollow
Mayberry Hollow
Star Hollow
Tucker Hollow

waterfalls

Elk River Falls