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Welcome to Watauga Falls ...So far, we found very little information about Watauga Falls. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Watauga Falls to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Watauga Falls, please Contact Us. Watauga Falls would have been located within present day Watauga County<2>. The location of Watauga Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> The pronunciation of Watauga Falls: wa-TAW-ga<4> While we don't have a date for the founding of Watauga Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853. While the community is gone, the present day location for Watauga Falls is 2,650 feet [808 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Watauga Falls is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Watauga Falls was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Watauga Falls once stood is in the (828) area code. Communities near Watauga Falls ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watauga Falls.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Watauga Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watauga Falls. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watauga Falls. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Watauga Falls. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watauga Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Watauga Falls. Adding Watauga Falls to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Watauga Falls in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Watauga Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Watauga Falls in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Watauga Falls. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Watauga County: www.wataugacounty.org/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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