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| Watauga County decreased in size in 1861 when Mitchell County was created, and in 1911 when Avery County was created. Its population grew from 3,400 in 1850 to 42,693 in 2000. Click on the maps below to peruse the known towns and villages that came and went over the past century and a half - a few cannot be located since they do not show up on available maps of NC. | ||||
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