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The Avery County Board of Commissioners will hold a Budget Workshop on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Board Room, Avery County Administrative Complex, 175 Linville Street, Newland, NC. The purpose of the Budget Workshop is to discuss and take any action necessary regarding the Fiscal Year Budget 2024/2025.
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The county is the newest of North Carolina's 100 counties. It was formed in 1911 from parts of Caldwell County, Mitchell County, and Watauga County. It was named for Waightstill Avery, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War and the first Attorney General of North Carolina (1777–1779). It is often noted for the large amount of Christmas ...
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Event Relations Avery County Chamber of Commerce 4501 Tynecastle Highway, Unit 14 Banner Elk, NC 28604 (828) 898-5605 info@averycounty.com
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Event Relations Avery County Chamber of Commerce 4501 Tynecastle Highway, Unit 14 Banner Elk, NC 28604 (828) 898-5605 info@averycounty.com
by Jay Mazzocchi, 2006. Avery County, located in North Carolina's Mountain region and bordered in part by Tennessee, was formed in 1911 from parts of Mitchell, Caldwell, and Watauga Counties. Avery was the one-hundredth and final county to be created in North Carolina.
Avery County is extremely rural and mountainous with all of the county’s terrain located within the Appalachian Mountains range and a mean altitude of 3,510 feet. Interestingly, Avery County is the second-highest county east of the Mississippi River behind nearby Haywood County, North Carolina. The highest point in the county is Grassy Ridge ...