Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Watauga Flats (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Watauga Flats. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Watauga Flats ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Watauga Flats: Watauga Flts.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Watauga Flats is located in Washington County .
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Watauga Flats. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Watauga Flats:
Washington County (The home county of Watauga Flats)
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Austin Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Oakland Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village East Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
North Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Flourville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville South Gate Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
South Gate Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village Camelot Two (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
Oak Grove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Oak Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Midway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Green Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Gray (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Watauga (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Central (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Biltmore (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pine Crest (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Hunter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Gap Run (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Hampton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Tolley Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Fish Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Fish Springs is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs Buladeen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Buladeen is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen Former names for Buladeen:
Colesville Magnetic Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Milburnton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Jearoldstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Rheatown (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Horse Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Afton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Fairview (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Tusculum (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Henshaw ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Bolton Estates (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Baileyton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Forest Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Rotherwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Greenvale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Mount Carmel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Frisco (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Green Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Waycross (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Church Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom New Canton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Greenland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Butler (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Winchester (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Winchester is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
Vaughtsville ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville Mountain City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Fuller (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Fuller is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Piney Flats (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Childress (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Bluff City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Lella ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Thom ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Galloway Mill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Colby ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Sac ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Cedar Grove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Blountville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Wahoo ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Fordtown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Akard Addition (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Whispering Pines (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Unicoi (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Erwin (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Banner Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Bumpus Cove (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Clear Branch (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Loganton ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Mount Gilead (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Elk Park (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Whaley (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Beech Mountain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Banner Elk (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Vale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Newland (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Plumtree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Mount Pleasant (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Sugar Mountain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Buladean (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Richlands (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Herrell ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Relief (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Huntdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Red Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Bakersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Watauga County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Watauga Falls ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls Rominger (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger Mabel (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel Sugar Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Matney (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Matney is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Sioux (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Green Mountain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ramseytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Day Book (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Double Island (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Higgins (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Watauga Flats, see our County-by-County Page for Watauga Flats .
Cemeteries Near Watauga Flats ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Watauga Flats.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Watauga Flats - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Watauga Flats covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Carr Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Gibson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Dungan Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
St. John Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Wolfe Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hawthorne Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Rowe Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Saylor Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Houston Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Scott Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Shell Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Continue List (954 more) ...
Curd Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hodge Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Watauga Flats in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Watauga Flats.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Watauga Flats, with the one closest to Watauga Flats listed first.
Watauga (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Piney Flats (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Austin Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Austin Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Springs Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Keenburg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Keenburg is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenburg Childress (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Flourville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Milligan (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Milligan is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Elizabethton (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Bluff City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Okolona (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Continue List (13 more) ...
Thom ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Hilton ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Hilton is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Lella ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Watauga Flats. See our List of 1890's Communities around Watauga Flats .
Newspapers Published in Watauga Flats ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Watauga Flats.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Watauga Flats, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Watauga Flats.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Watauga Flats:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Mitchell County Watauga County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Watauga Flats. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Watauga Flats, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Watauga Flats) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.